# Incident 20191011019499I: Cessna T210M, Wheeling, IL, October 11, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 2019, 10:22 local time
- Place: Wheeling, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1277° N, 87.9210° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wheeling, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1277&lon=-87.9210&mi=10
- Aircraft: N19FB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N19FB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210M (registry code 2073451, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210M
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,700 total, 1,600 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191011019499I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 11, 2019, THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) OF N19FB, A CESSNA C210 AIRCRAFT, WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF AT CHICAGO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (PWK) ON RUNWAY 30.  THE WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS REPORTED AS 800 FOOT CEILING, 4 MILES VISIBILITY WITH RAIN, AND WINDS FROM THE WEST AT 11 GUSTING TO 19 KNOTS.  THE PIC STATED AS HE ADDED POWER, THE WIND BLEW THE AIRCRAFT OFF CENTERLINE AS HE BEGAN TAXIING TO THE RUNWAY.  DURING THIS TIME, HE FELT THE AIRCRAFT RUN OVER SOMETHING FOLLOWED SHORTLY BY HIS PROPELLER STRIKING SEVERAL TAXI LIGHTS.  THE PIC CANCELLED HIS TAKEOFF CLEARANCE AND TAXIED BACK TO THE RAMP.

## Other reports on N19FB (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20260304004449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260304004449A), Mar 4, 2026: Cessna T210M (N19FB), Deerfield, IL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On March 4, 2026, at approximately 0345 zulu, the pilot in command of [privacy data omitted], a Cessna 210, was on an instrument approach into Chicago…

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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