# NTSB CHI90LA082: Cessna T310R, N6186X, Wheeling, IL, February 15, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 15, 1990, 08:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place: Wheeling, IL
- Coordinates: 42.129707, -87.920967 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1297&lon=-87.9210&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 4, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14633
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI90LA082
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14633/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90LA082

## Probable cause

PILOT'S INABILITY TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL DURING THE LANDING PHASE OF FLIGHT. THE SLIPPERY, SNOW COVERED RUNWAY, AND A TWELVE KNOT DIRECT CROSSWIND CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT.

## 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
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - icy (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snow covered (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - not possible, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT HIS TOUCHDOWN AND INITIAL ROLLOUT WERE NORMAL, BUT AS IT DECELERATED, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DRIFT TO THE LEFT. ATTEMPTS TO STOP THE DRIFT WERE INEFFECTIVE, AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO A SNOWBANK. THE LANDING RUNWAY WAS SLIPPERY AND SNOW COVERED, AND THERE WAS A TWELVE KNOT DIRECT CROSSWIND FROM THE RIGHT. BRAKING ACTION HAD BEEN REPORTED AS FAIR TO POOR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6186X](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6186X), registered now, S/N 310R1325, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T310R
- Registry model: [Cessna 310R](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (registry code 2074245) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 310R1325
- Airframe hours: 7413
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-M 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Registered owner: Central Skyport
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 10, 1990, 19 hours before
- Departed: AGC, ALLEGHENY CO., PA
- Destination: PWK, WHEELING, IL
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: PWK, Palwaukee, runway 34, 5,137 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 2,695 total, 47 in this make and model, 2,144 as pilot in command, 48 in the last 90 days, 43 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 60° at 18 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,500 ft overcast
- Temperature: 28 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- 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 19900215002739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900215002739A), Feb 15, 1990: Cessna T310R, Chicago/Wheelin, IL, Substantial damage. Landing on wet compacted snow was pushed sideways by strong crosswind into snowbank on runway edge. Braking poor.

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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