- Date
- January 29, 1987, 20:29 local (Jan 30, 1987, 02:29 UTC)
- Place
- Bedford Park, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4968CCessna 210N
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report August 19, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870129002019A
- Case key
- 13629
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Analysis
Just bfr tkof fm rwy 22L on a ngt IFR flt, the plt was clrd to clb & maint 2000' & to contact chicago dep ctl (TRACON). About 1 min later, he called TRACON & rprtd he was clbg thru 900' for 2000'. This call was in a normal tone of voice & was the last transmission fm the acft. Shortly thereafter, radio & radar contact were lost. Subsequently, the acft crashed in a steep dscnt aprx 6000' south of the arpt & 3200' left of the extdd rwy ctrln. The last of 4 radar 'hits' showed the acft had clbd to 1300' MSL (about 700' AGL) bfr the acdnt. No preimpact eng or flt ctl prblm was fnd that would have resulted in the acdnt, but there were 4 open 'write-ups' dated 1/27/87 that concerned cockpit & instrument lgtg. These included: left side (plt's) overhead flood lgt inop, panel flood lgts inop, interior lgtg ctl knob constant-ly falling off, panel post lgts either full on or off. For cargo opns, the maint sys allowed discrepancies to be delayedfor up to svrl days until the acft was rtrnd to the home base.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4968C
- Reported as
- Cessna 210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21063694
- Airframe hours
- 2,736
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-L4, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Promptair, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Hansel, Robert W.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · January 20, 1987 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- MDW
- Destination
- MLI · Moline, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MDW · Chicago Midway, runway 22L, 6,102 × 150 ft, concrete
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight engineer, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 200 in this make and model · 1,910 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 33 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 290° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MDW, 2 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.