# NTSB CHI72FEE80: Cessna 421B, N8002Q, Wheeling, IL, May 26, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 26, 1972
- Place: Wheeling, IL · WHEELING, IL
- 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
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 14, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 167103
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI72FEE80
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI72FEE80

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1874  72/5/26    WHEELING,ILL        CESSNA 421B         CR-  0  0  2  NONCOMMERCIAL             AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 2155                    N8002Q              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  UNK/NR, 3317 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            114 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PAL-WAUKEE
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LOUISVILLE,KY               WHEELING,ILL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: OTHER
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SHEARED
        REMARKS- ADJUSTMENT BOLT FAILED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8002Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8002Q-2017-10-31), registration cancelled 2017-10-31, S/N 421B0002, built 1970 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- Registry model: [Cessna 421B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (registry code 2076014) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental GTSIO-520-C](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (registry code 17035, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Pal-Waukee

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.

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