Dornier 228-201 N259MC

Summary

On 5 June 1988 at about 16:40 local time, a Dornier 228-201 registered N259MC was involved in an accident near Chicago, Illinois, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 June 1988 at 16:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Midway (MDW)

Coordinates

41.7809, -87.7710

Aircraft

Dornier 228-201

Registration

N259MC

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Springfield

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI88FA128

Nobody was injured.

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

THE CAPT WAS COMPLETING THE CHECKLIST DRG PAX LOADING & THE F/O SECURED THE DOOR & CAME FWD. THE CAPT STARTED THE #2 ENG& BGN SINGLE ENG TAXI WHILE ATMTG A RGT TURN TO STAY CLR OF A PARKED DORNIER (N264MC). AS N259MC BGN ROLLING FWD, THE CAPT NOTED THE NOSEWHEEL STEERING (NWS) WAS INOP. HE APPLIED NORMAL BRAKING, BUT GOT NO RESPONSE & N259MC BGN A LEFT TURN. THE CAPT SWITCHED THE HYDR PUMP FM 'NORMAL' TO 'MAN ON' (MANUAL); HOWEVER, BFR HYD PRES WAS BUILT UP BY BATTERY PWR, N259MC COLLIDED WITH N264MC. AN INV REVEALED THE #2 GENERATOR (GEN) WAS NOT CONNECTED TO THE GEN BUS. NO PART MALFUNCTION/FAILURE WAS FND DRG CHECKS OF THE ACFT SYSTEMS. THE NWS & NORMAL BRAKES WERE ELECTRO-HYDRAULICALLY ACTUATED.W/O GENERATOR PWR, THE HYD SYS, NWS & NORMAL BRAKES WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN OPERATING WITH THE HYD SW IN THE 'NORMAL' PSN. AN EMERG (PARKING) BRAKE WAS AVAILABLE, BUT IT WAS NOT USED. THE TRAINING PROGRAM, OPN MANUAL & DORNIER 228-SERIES PILOT OPERATING HANDBOOK DID NOT ADDRESS SINGLE-ENG GROUND OPN OR THE EFFECTS OF AN INTERRUPTION IN GENERATOR PWR.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.