CHI87FA054

At 0850 CST, the plt got a wx briefing for a flt to the dupage arpt. At that time, the current dupage wx was in part: partial obscn, 2 mi vis with fog; also, the plt was given svrl pireps for lgt to mod icing in southern Wisconsin. At 1231, he got a wx update. At that time, the dupage wx was in part: 600' ovc, 2 mi vis with fog; the forecast was for thesame wx to cont with ocnl 1000' ovc, 4 mi vis with fog, but no icing was expected. After arriving, the plt made a VOR rwy 10 apch, then circled to lnd on rwy 28. The twr ctlrs rprtd the plt made the circling maneuver at 50' to 100' AGL, altho there was a rprtd 500' ceiling & 1-1/4 mi vis with fog. Minimums for the apch were 500' ceiling & 1 mi vis. Drg the base to final turn, the acft impacted the gnd & burned. After the fire was extinguished, leading edge ice was fnd under the unburned horizontal stabilizer & along the wreckage path. At the time of the plt's last med cert on 4/6/84, herprtd a total flt time of 2200 hrs. The rgt front seat pax was a rated plt; his med cert was dated 4/15/82.