# NTSB CHI84LA143: Cessna P210N, N4715A, West Chicago, IL, March 28, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 28, 1984, 14:50 local (20:50 UTC)
- Place: West Chicago, IL
- Coordinates: 41.879642, -88.219375 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8796&lon=-88.2194&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12572
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA143
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12572/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA143

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not possible, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT A NORMAL LANDING WAS MADE. AFTER LANDING DURING THE ROLLOUT THE ACFT WEATHERVANED AND THE PLT SAID HE HEARD A'CHATTERING'NOISE. THE ACFT SKIPPED SIDEWAYS OFF THE RWY INTO THE MUD. WINDS WERE GUSTING 32 KTS. THE PLT STATED HE WAS OVER CONFIDENT IN HIS ABILITY TO HANDLE A VERY STRONG X-WIND & SHOULD HAVE LANDED ON RWY 4.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N4715A (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: P21000819
- Airframe hours: 145
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-AF 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Cessna Aircraft Company
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 1, 1984
- Departed: 3CK, CRYSTAL LAKE, IL
- Airport: DPA, Dupage, runway 10, 4,000 × 75 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 2,079 total, 300 in this make and model, 1,850 as pilot in command, 80 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 40° at 22 knots, gusting 32
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 45 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: DPA

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840328008479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840328008479A), Mar 28, 1984: Cessna P210N, West Chicago, IL, Substantial damage. Lost control landing in a gusty crosswind. Skipped sideways off the runway. Exceeded aircrafts crosswind component.

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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