Cessna 210N N4968C

Summary

On 30 January 1987 at about 02:29 local time, a Cessna 210N registered N4968C, operated by Promptair, Inc., was involved in an accident near Bedford Park, 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

30 January 1987 at 02:29

Classification

Accident

Location

Bedford Park, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Chicago Midway (MDW)

Coordinates

41.7807, -87.7695

Aircraft

Cessna 210N

Registration

N4968C

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Promptair, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Moline

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

CHI87FA069

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

JUST BFR TKOF FM RWY 22L ON A NGT IFR FLT, THE PLT WAS CLRD TO CLB & MAINT 2000' & TO CONTACT CHICAGO DEP CTL (TRACON). ABOUT 1 MIN LATER, HE CALLED TRACON & RPRTD HE WAS CLBG THRU 900' FOR 2000'. THIS CALL WAS IN A NORMAL TONE OF VOICE & WAS THE LAST TRANSMISSION FM THE ACFT. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, RADIO & RADAR CONTACT WERE LOST. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT CRASHED IN A STEEP DSCNT APRX 6000' SOUTH OF THE ARPT & 3200' LEFT OF THE EXTDD RWY CTRLN. THE LAST OF 4 RADAR 'HITS' SHOWED THE ACFT HAD CLBD TO 1300' MSL (ABOUT 700' AGL) BFR THE ACDNT. NO PREIMPACT ENG OR FLT CTL PRBLM WAS FND THAT WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN THE ACDNT, BUT THERE WERE 4 OPEN 'WRITE-UPS' DATED 1/27/87 THAT CONCERNED COCKPIT & INSTRUMENT LGTG. THESE INCLUDED: LEFT SIDE (PLT'S) OVERHEAD FLOOD LGT INOP, PANEL FLOOD LGTS INOP, INTERIOR LGTG CTL KNOB CONSTANT-LY FALLING OFF, PANEL POST LGTS EITHER FULL ON OR OFF. FOR CARGO OPNS, THE MAINT SYS ALLOWED DISCREPANCIES TO BE DELAYEDFOR UP TO SVRL DAYS UNTIL THE ACFT WAS RTRND TO THE HOME BASE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.