# Accident 20031111034609A: Cessna 560XL, Chicago/Wheelin, IL, November 11, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 2003, 13:42 local time
- Place: Chicago/Wheelin, IL
- Airport: Pal-Waukee Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: GSPA
- Location: 42.1142° N, 87.9014° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1142&lon=-87.9014&mi=10
- Aircraft: N789CN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 560XL
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,200 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04FA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04FA031) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031111034609A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 11, 2003 ATP RATED PIC AND SIC DEPARTED PALWAUKEE AIRPORT (PWK), WHEELING, IL ON A 14 CFR 135 - ON-DEMAND FLIGHT WITH 3 PASSENGERS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DEPARTING ON RUNWAY 34. DURING THE TAKE-OFF RUN IT WAS DETERMINED THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT WANT TO ROTATE AT THE PROPER AIRSPEED. THE PILOTS ABORTED THE TAKE-OFF. THE PLANE CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET OFF OF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, PARTICULARLY TO THE RIGHT WING, RIGHT LANDING GEAR AND NOSE LANDING GEAR. NO FIRE. NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT SYSTEM IS DESIGNED THAT WHILE THERE IS WEIGHT ON THE WHEEL, WHEN THE FLAP LEVER IS MOVED FROM THE 0 DEGREE DETENT, THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WILL AUTOMATICALLY MOVE TO A -2 DEGREE POSITION FOR TAKEOFF. IF EITHER THE FLAPS OR THE STABILIZER DO NOT MOVE WHEN THIS ACTION IS INITIATED, A MIS COMP LIGHT WILL ILLUMINATE ON THE MASTER CAUTION PANEL. ADDITIONALLY A NO TAKEOFF LIGHT LOCATED ON THE SAME ANNUNCIATOR PANEL WILL ILLUMINATE AND A WARNING HORN WILL SOUND. THE FLAPS WERE LOWERED TO 15 DEGREES, HOWEVER, THE STABILIZER REMAINED ON THE +1 DEGREE (CRUISE) POSITION.

## 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 CHI04FA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04FA031), Nov 11, 2003: Cessna 560XL (N789CN), Wheeling, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight crew's intentional operation with know deficiencies in the aircraft and their delay in aborting the takeoff when a no-takeoff warning was presented. An additional cause was the crew's…

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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