- Date
- July 31, 1988, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Wonder Lake, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4408NBoeing B75N1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880731028529A
- Case key
- 13957
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of engine power
Weather condition - carburetor icing conditions
Fuel system,carburetor - iceCause
Forced landing
Hard landing
Terrain condition - cropFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4408N
- Reported as
- Boeing B75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-7689
- Airframe hours
- 3,143
- Engine
- Lycoming R-680-13, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sonday, Terrence P.
- Registered owner
- Sonday, Terrence P
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 19, 1987 · 57 hours before
- Departed
- 10C
- Destination
- 10C
- Airport
- 10C · Galt, runway 9, 3,100 × 36 ft, asphalt
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 1,200 total · 150 in this make and model · 1,100 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DPA, 30 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.
Other investigations on N4408N · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CHI91LA194Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMundelein, ILThe pilot in command's not maintaining visual contact with the previously identified airplane.NTSB DEN79FA049Accident · 1 fatalClosedAlbuquerque, NMNTSB DEN77FQA49Accident · No injuriesClosedAlbuquerque, NMNTSB FTW70DPD18Accident · No injuriesClosedSeymour, TX