- Date
- January 4, 1988, 23:03 local (Jan 5, 1988, 05:03 UTC)
- Place
- Bedford Park, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4746CCessna T210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880104000889A
- Case key
- 13927
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Drg an arrival to chicago midway arpt on a cold night, the plt rprtd he was having trouble with a sticky throttle. Subsequently, he made an emergency transmission & said he was 'going in.' Witnesses saw the acft in a descent before it crashed. One witness said the acft was at about 200' AGL when it passed over his position & that he could not hear any eng noise. Another witness said the acft came in as if to land. Subsequently, it crashed into a warehouse while in a wings level attitude. A teardown of the eng was made, but no preimpact part failure or malfunction was found. A plt, who flew the acft on the morning of the acdnt rprtd that the throttle seemed to be stuck when he 1st started the eng, but once the eng was warm, the throttle functioned normally. He then made an uneventful flt. Temp at the time of the acdnt was rprtd to be minus 8 deg fahrenheit.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4746C
- Reported as
- Cessna T210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21063610
- Airframe hours
- 7,255
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Promptair, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · December 26, 1987 · 46 hours before
- Departed
- MLI · Moline, IL
- Destination
- MDW · Chicago, IL
- Flight plan
- VFR/IFR
- Airport
- MDW · Chicago Midway
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,800 total · 370 in this make and model · 1,700 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 80 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 280° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 9 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MDW, 3 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.