# Accident 20060130007309A: Cessna 421B, Chicago/Wheelin, IL, January 30, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 2006, 18:29 local time
- Place: Chicago/Wheelin, IL
- Airport: Pal-Waukee Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1236° N, 87.9022° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1236&lon=-87.9022&mi=10
- Aircraft: N920MC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N920MC-2017-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520H
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 1,250 total, 10 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI06FA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06FA076) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060130007309A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING NORMAL NIGHT LANDING WHEN TURNING FROM DOWNWIND TO BASE THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED A STALL WITH A LEFT TURN IMPACTING NEAR VERTICAL. LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED BUT FLAPS WERE NOT VISIBLE. THE IMPACT WAS CAUGHT ON SURVEILLANCE CAMERA OF THE BUSINESS WHERE THE IMPACT SITE WAS.

## 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 CHI06FA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06FA076), Jan 31, 2006: Cessna 421B (N920MC), Wheeling, IL, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during the landing approach which led to an inadvertent stall and subsequent uncontrolled descent and impact with the ground.

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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