# Accident 20050805024219A: Cessna 421C, Chicago/Wheelin, IL, August 5, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2005, 12:30 local time
- Place: Chicago/Wheelin, IL
- Airport: Pal-Waukee Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1300° N, 87.9144° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1300&lon=-87.9144&mi=10
- Aircraft: N421KC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N421KC-2013-06-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSI0-520-F-K (registry code 17031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsi0-520-f-k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 743 total, 28 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05FA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05FA212) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050805024219A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER TAKEOFF FROM PWK, AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED LEFT ENGINE FAILURE. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 34. BEFORE TOUCH DOWN THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO GROUND-EFFECT AND BALLOONED UP. IMMEDIATELY ANOTHER ATTEMPT WAS MADE AND THE AIRCRAFT BALLOONED AGAIN. THE PILOT THEN APPLIED POWER AND ATTEMPTED TO DO A GO-AROUND. THE AIRCRAFT INITIALLY GAINED ALTITUDE BUT THEN SETTLED AND EVENTUALLY SANK AND HIT THE ROOF OF A BUILDING IN AN INDUSTRIAL AREA. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF MILE FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY ON TOP OF A BERM AFTER HITTING SEVERAL SMALL PINE TREES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED ON IMPACT. THERE WAS NO POST ACCIDENT FIRE AND BOTH THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER EGRESSED THE AIRCRAFT WITH ONLY MINOR 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 CHI05FA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05FA212), Aug 5, 2005: Cessna 421C (N421KC), Wheeling, IL, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's improper in-flight decision to execute a go-around without raising the landing gear and raising the flaps to the full UP position, resulting in low airspeed and the airplane stalling.…

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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