# NTSB CHI89DEE01: Cessna 210L, N5225K, Bannock Burn, IL, December 17, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: December 17, 1988, 12:32 local (18:32 UTC)
- Place: Bannock Burn, IL
- Coordinates: 42.160663, -87.839416 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1607&lon=-87.8394&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 11, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14182
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI89DEE01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14182/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89DEE01

## Probable cause

FUEL STARVATION CAUSED BY ICE BLOCKED FUEL LINES.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, climb - to cruise
  - fluid,fuel - contamination (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - water (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - none suitable (cause)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT THE AIRPLANE EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER FROM THE ENGINE. WHEN ATTEMPTS TO RESTART THE ENGINE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL THE PLT SELECTED A TWO LANE ROAD AND PERFORMED AN OFF AIRPORT FORCED LANDING. DURING THE DESCENT THE PLT EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR AND SELECTED FULL FLAP EXTENSION. THE PLT OBSERVED A GAP IN THE TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD AND SLIPPED THE AIRPLANE IN ORDER TO POSITION THE AIRPLANE FOR LANDING IN THE OPEN AREA. THE NO POWER GLIDE, FLARE, AND TOUCHDOWN WERE SUCCESSFUL AND HARD BRAKING SLOWED THE AIRPLANE TO APPROXIMATELY 30 KTS BEFORE THE RIGHT WING STRUCK SMALL ROADSIDE TREES CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO SWERVE RIGHT. TWO OF THE THREE LANDING GEAR FAILED AS THE AIRPLANE CROSSED THROUGH A SHALLOW DITCH AND CAME TO A STOP. POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE FUEL SYSTEM DISCLOSED THE PRESENCE OF WATER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5225K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5225K-1991-05-08), registration cancelled 1991-05-08, S/N 21060023 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- Registry model: [Cessna 210L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (registry code 2073448) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21060023
- Airframe hours: 2869
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-L 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Sweeberg, Richard
- Registered owner: S.G. Anderson & B.C. Peterson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 7, 1988, 32 hours before
- Departed: PWK, WHEELING, IL
- Destination: UGN, WAUKEGAN, IL

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,250 total, 800 in this make and model, 1,200 as pilot in command, 16 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 320° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 32 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PWR, 10 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19881217054639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881217054639A), Dec 17, 1988: Cessna 210L, Bannockburn, IL, Substantial damage. Engine quit on climbout. Switched tanks but crashed on hwy. possible ran tank dry and vapor lock blocked restart.

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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