Cessna 402B N69341

Summary

On 5 April 1982 at about 18:30 local time, a Cessna 402B registered N69341, operated by Superior Air Service, Inc., was involved in an incident near Waukegan, Illinois, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 April 1982 at 18:30

Classification

Incident

Location

Waukegan, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Waukegan Hemorial (UGN)

Coordinates

42.3705, -87.8592

Aircraft

Cessna 402B

Registration

N69341

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Superior Air Service, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Kalamazoo → Appleton

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI82IA113

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

PILOT REPORTED AN OIL LEAK IN THE RIGHT ENGINE TO CONTROLLER WHILE ON AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH TO WAUKEGAN AIRPORT. SEVERAL MINUTES LATER, PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD LOST SIGHT OF THE AIRPORT AND DUE TO LOSS OF POWER IN THE RIGHT ENGINE, ELECTED TO LAND IN A PLOWED FIELD. ON LANDING, THE GEAR COLLAPSED. EXAMINATION OF THE RIGHT ENGINE OIL SCAVENGE PUMP REVEALED THAT THE DRIVE GEAR WAS FRACTURED INTO FIVE PIECES. FOUR OF THE FIVE FRACTURES BORE EVIDENCE OF AN OVERLOAD TYPE FAILURE. ONE FRACTURE SURFACE EXAMINED WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE BEEN PRE-EXISTING AN IT BORE EVIDENCE OF A FATIGUE TYPE FAILURE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.