# NTSB CHI88LA057: Cessna 421A, N421Q, Wheeling, IL, February 3, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 3, 1988, 15:59 local (21:59 UTC)
- Place: Wheeling, IL
- Location: 42.1149° N, 87.9020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO EXEC (PWK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1149&lon=-87.9020&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 25, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14040
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI88LA057
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14040/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA057

## 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 - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - snow covered (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)
- Complete gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear - overload
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N421Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N421Q-1989-03-16), registration cancelled 1989-03-16, S/N 421A0016 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421A
- Registry model: [Cessna 421A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421a) (registry code 2076012) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 421A-0016
- Airframe hours: 5000
- Engines: CONTINENTAL GTSIO-520D 375 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: R.J. Rossman DBA Glen Oak Ent.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Unknown, March 16, 1987
- Departed: EVV, EVANSVILLE, IN
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: PWK, Palwaukee, runway 16, 5,137 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,596 total, 1,358 in this make and model, 1,357 as pilot in command, 20 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 700 ft
- Temperature: 27 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Observed at: PWK

## 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 19880203001839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880203001839A), Feb 3, 1988: Cessna 421A, Chicago/Wheelin, IL, Substantial damage. Slid off the snow covered runway while landing in a strong quartering tailwind. Collapsed the gear in deep snow.

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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