# Accident 20070903021819A: Yaklev YAK52, Chicago/Lake I, IL, September 3, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 2007, 13:50 local time
- Place: Chicago/Lake I, IL
- Airport: Lake In The Hills
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2069° N, 88.3231° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2069&lon=-88.3231&mi=10
- Aircraft: N212YA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N212YA-2018-01-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Yakovlev YAK 52 (registry code 9830220, https://openairdocs.org/model/yakovlev-yak-52) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: YAKLEV YAK52
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 7,369 total, 92 in this make and model, 178 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07FA286](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07FA286) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070903021819A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER DEPARTURE FROM RUNWAY 26 AT LAKE IN THE HILLS AIRPORT (3CK), WITNESSES REPORT THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBING TO 50 FEET, RETRACTING THE GEAR AND CONTINUING THE TAKEOFF AT LOW LEVEL BEFORE STARTING TO CLIMB. AT THE RUNWAY DEPARTURE END, THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOTICED DESCENDING AND IN A LEFT TURN DISAPPEARING BELOW THE TREES. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND BELOW FIELD ELEVATION IN A FOREST PRESERVE ON A HEADING OF APPROXIMATELY 120 DEGREES. BOTH PILOTS WERE FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 CHI07FA286](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07FA286), Sep 3, 2007: Yakovlev Yak 52 (N212YA), Lake-in-Hills, IL, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The airplane descended and impacted terrain during initial climb for undetermined reasons. Contributing to the accident was the soft, uphill terrain.

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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