Beechcraft A36 N24187

Summary

On 28 February 1984 at about 16:40 local time, a Beechcraft A36 registered N24187 was involved in an accident near Wheeling, Illinois, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

28 February 1984 at 16:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Wheeling, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Palwaukee (PWK)

Coordinates

42.1299, -87.9204

Aircraft

Beechcraft A36

Registration

N24187

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cedar Rapids → Wheeling

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI84FA121

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

A GO-AROUND WAS INITIATED ABOUT MIDFIELD AT WHAT ONE WITNESS ESTIMATED AS 6 IN ABOVE THE RWY. THE ACFT WAS BETWEEN 20 AND 50 FT ABOVE THE TREES WHEN IT ROLLED INTO A STEEP RIGHT ANGLE OF BANK WITH THE NOSE DROPPING SIMULTANEOUSLY. POST CRASH FIRE DESTROYED THE WRECKAGE. ON THE MORNING OF THE ACCIDENT THE PILOT OBTAINED A WX BRIEFING WARNING OF OCCASIONAL SEVERE TURBULENCE BELOW 10,000 AS WELL AS MODERATE ICING IN CLOUDS AS INDICATED BY SIGMET CHARLIE 7. AT IMPACT THE GEAR WERE IN TRANSIT AND THE FLAPS WERE PARTIALLY EXTENDED. WINDS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WERE FROM 040 DEGREES AT 20 KTS GUSTING TO 40 KTS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.