- Date
- April 5, 1982, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Waukegan, IL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N69341Cessna 402B
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 5, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820405066609I
- Case key
- 72981
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Pilot reported an oil leak in the right engine to controller while on an instrument approach to Waukegan airport. Several minutes later, pilot reported that he had lost sight of the airport and due to loss of power in the right engine, elected to land in a plowed field. On landing, the gear collapsed. Examination of the right engine oil scavenge pump revealed that the drive gear was fractured into five pieces. Four of the five fractures bore evidence of an overload type failure. One fracture surface examined was determined to have been pre-existing an it bore evidence of a fatigue type failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N69341
- Reported as
- Cessna 402B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 402B0449
- Airframe hours
- 4,004
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-E, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Superior Air Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Superior Air Service, Inc.
- Departed
- AZO · Kalamazoo, MI
- Destination
- ATW · Appleton, WI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- UGN · Waukegan Hemorial, runway 5, 4,600 × 150 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,311 total · 748 in this make and model · 2,125 as pilot in command · 114 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 30 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Temperature
- 88 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.