# Accident 20000208011581A: Zlin Z242L, Chicago/Waukega, IL, February 8, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 2000, 15:04 local time
- Place: Chicago/Waukega, IL
- Airport: Waukegan Regional Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4498° N, 87.8400° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4498&lon=-87.8400&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5ZA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5ZA-2000-08-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Moravan Z242L (registry code 5920207, https://openairdocs.org/model/moravan-z242l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ZLIN Z242L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00MA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00MA066) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000208011581A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 8, 2000, N99063, A CESSNA 172, WAS CONDUCTING TAKEOFFS AND LADINGS TO A FULL STOP AT THE WAUKEGAN AIRPORT, WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS. N99063 HAD BEEN CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF AND RIGHT TRAFFIC FOR RUNWAY 23. A ZLIN, N5ZA REPORTED 15 MILES NORTH INBOUND FOR LANDING AND WAS ADVISED TO EXPECT A STRAIGHT IN FOR RUNWAY 23. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, LOCAL CONTROL INQUIRED THE LOCATION OF 5ZA, WHICH RESPONDED 2 MILES OFF THE LAKE ON THE SHORELINE, N5ZA WAS CLEARED FOR LANDING AND ASKED TO KEEP HIS SPEED UP. ANOTHER CESSNA 172, N52048, ARRIVING FROM THE SOUTH, ENTERED A LEFT DOWNWIND AND IS ADVISED THAT HE WILL FOLLOW THE CESSNA ABEAM HI ON THE RIGHT DOWNWIND. N99063 WAS ASKED TO EXTEND DOWNWIND LEG AND ADVISE SIGHTING THE LOW WING AIRCRAFT ON FINAL. N99063 RESPONDED THAT SHE WOULD COMPLY. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, N99063 STATED THAT SHE HAD NEGATIVE TRAFFIC AND REQUESTED THAT LOCAL CONTROL CALL HER BASE, LOCAL CONTROL AGREED TO DO SO. LOCAL CONTROL CONTACTED N5ZA AND INQUIRED AS TO THEIR PRESENT POSITION. N5ZA RESPONDED "JUST CROSSING THE SHORELINE." LOCAL CONTROL THEN CONTACTED N99063 ASKING IF SHE HAD THE ZLIN IN SIGHT. N99063 RESPONDED "NEGATIVE". LOCAL CONTROL INQUIRED "HAVE YOU PASSED THE  SHORELINE". N99063 RESPONDED "GETTING THERE". LOCAL CONTROL DIRECTED N99063 TO START HER BASE LEG. N99063 RESPONDED "TURN MY BASE." N5ZA CONTACTED LOCAL CONTROL STATING, "NEGATIVE CONTRACT WITH THE CESSNA IN FRONT OF US". LOCAL CONTROL ADVISED "YOU SHOULD BE NUMBER ONE BOB". SECONDS LATER N5ZA STATED "THEN WE HAVE THE TRAFFIC IN SIGHT". LOCAL CONTROL CONTACTED N99063 REQUESTING THAT SHE REPORT HER TURN TO FINAL N99063 RESPONDED, "063 ON FINAL". ANOTHER VOICE (UNIDENTIFIED) STATES "ZLIN 5ZA DO YOU SEE A CESSNA IN FRONT OF YOU". NO RESPONSE. SEVEN SECONDS LATER AN UNIDENTIFIED SOURCE (POSSIBLY N5ZA) REPORTS "5ZA JUST HAD A MID-AIR." N5ZA OVERTOOK N99063 FROM ABOVE AND BEHIND. THE RIGHT WING OF N5ZA STRUCK THE RUDDER OF N99063 AND THE PROPELLER OF N5ZA STRUCK AND CAUSED THE REMOVAL OF THE LEFT FLAP OF N99063. BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED IN THE COLLISION AND UNFLYABLE. BOTH AIRCRAFT CONTINUED UNCONTROLLED TO THE GROUND. THE LONE PILOT OF N99063 SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. THE TWO PERSONS IN N5ZA SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI00MA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00MA066), Feb 8, 2000: Moravan Z242L (N5ZA), Zion, IL, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: Clearance not maintained by the pilot of the other airplane. A factor relating to the accident was the airport control tower's local controller's failure to provide effective sequencing.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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