- Date
- February 23, 1988, 18:00 local (Feb 24, 1988, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kankakee, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4917KCessna T210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880223003339A
- Case key
- 14049
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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(total) - mech failure/malf
Engine assembly,cylinder - fatigueCause
Engine assembly,cylinder - separationCause
Fluid,oil - loss,total
Forced landing
In flight collision with object
Emergency procedure - inadequateFactor
Planned approach - poorFactor
Weather condition - snowFactor
Object - tree(s)
In flight collision with terrain/water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4917K
- Reported as
- Cessna T210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P21000367
- Airframe hours
- 2,041
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-D, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Operator
- Professional Flyers
- Registered owner
- Professional Flyers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 27, 1987 · 129 hours before
- Departed
- MDW · Chicago, IL
- Destination
- 3WE · St. Louis, MO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- IKK · Greater Kankakee
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,437 total · 1,216 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MDW, 40 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.