- Date
- January 17, 1974
- Place
- Wheeling, IL · WHEELING, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N242ERCessna 210G
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740117001399A
- Case key
- 186732
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1017 74/1/17 WHEELING,ILL CESSNA 210G CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 5282 TIME - 1248 N242ER PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 896 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PAL-WAUKEE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHATTANOOGA,TENN WHEELING,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 32 90 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- WIND GUSTNG 20K.1/2 INCH RIME ICE ON LEADING EDG OF WG. HORIZ AND VERT STAB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N242ER
- Reported as
- Cessna 210G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pal-Waukee
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.