- Date
- July 9, 1989, 12:47 local (17:47 UTC)
- Place
- Chicago, IL
- Injuries
- 9 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Aircraft
- N265MCDornier DO-228
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 14288
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Probable cause
Poor lookout by the crew of the dornier and the citabria.
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.
Occurrence
Weather condition - haze/smokeFactor
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
Aircraft
- Registration
- N265MC
- 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
- RFD · Rockford, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificates
- Flight engineer, 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
- 280° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 97 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DPA, 15 nm away