- Date
- July 9, 1989, 16:05 local (21:05 UTC)
- Place
- Chicago, IL
- Injuries
- 16 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N263MCDornier DO-228
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 14287
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Probable cause
Poor lookout by the crew of the dornier and the baron.
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.
Analysis
A near midair collision occurred at 5000 feet MSL in uncontrolled airspace, but within the 30 mile veil of o'hare, where a mode c transponder was required. Separation was about 200 feet horizontal and 100 feet vertical. The crew of a commuter made a steep 45 degree bank and a nose down maneuver of about 15 degrees to avoid the twin engine Beech baron. O'hare approach had issued traffic to the midway commuter.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N263MC
- Reported as
- Dornier DO-228
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Garrett TPE 331-5, 715 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Midway Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- MSN · Madison, WI
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 95 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DPA, 20 nm away