# Incident 20010405012339I: Cndair CL6002B16, Peoria, IL, April 5, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 2001, 14:40 local time
- Place: Peoria, IL
- Airport: Greater Peoria
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6936° N, 89.5890° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Peoria, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6936&lon=-89.5890&mi=10
- Aircraft: N420SZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CNDAIR CL6002B16
- Reported engine: GE CF34*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010405012339I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SPRINGFIELD, IL, FOR CHICAGO MIDWAY AIRPORT. AT ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF PEORIA VOR THE PIC HAD JUST LEVELED OFF AT 19,000 FEET AND HAD BEEN GIVEN A TURN 30 DEGREES RIGHT DIRECT JOILET. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT COMPLETED THE TURN AND WAS WINGS LEVEL THEY ENCOUNTERED HEAVY RAIN FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY HAIL.  THE HAIL BROKE THE OUTER PANELS OF BOTH WINDSHIELDS.  THE PIC DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH CHI ARTCC AND DIVERTED TO PEORIA AIRPORT.  AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS COMPLETED.  INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE  OUTER GLASS PANELS OF THE WINDSHIELDS, AND SOME LOSS OF PAINT FROM THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PIC INDICATED THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF WEATHER ON THE SHIPS AIRBORNE RADAR AT OR BEFORE THE ENCOUNTER WITH THE HAIL.  THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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