Piper PA-42-720 N900MP
11 May 1988 · Chicago, Illinois, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 11 May 1988 at about 20:18 local time, a Piper PA-42-720 registered N900MP was involved in an incident near Chicago, Illinois, United States. 274 people were on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 20:18
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Nearest airport
- Chicago O'hare Intl (ORD)
- Coordinates
- 41.8705, -87.6493
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-42-720
- Registration
- N900MP
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Business
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Nashville → Chicago
- Aircraft damage
- Not recorded
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- MIA88IA168
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 274 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 274 |
Probable cause
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
CONDOR FLT 610 (MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-10, GERMAN REGISTRATION: DADSO) WAS APRX 2 HRS LATE AS THE FLT CREW MEMBERS WERE PREPARING TO TAKEOFF. SUBSEQUENTLY, FLT 610 WAS CLRD FOR TAKEOFF WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO CROSS THE 5 DME (ON THE STANDARD INSTRUMENT DEPARTURE/SID) AT OR ABOVE 3000 FT. THE TAKEOFF CLNC WAS THEN CANCELED, BUT WAS REISSUED ABOUT 1 MIN LATER WITH THE SAME RESTRICTIONS. AT ABT THAT TIME, THE FLT WAS EXACTLY 2 HRS OVERDUE & THE COMPUTER DROPPED THE FLT PLAN DATATAG & BLOCK (AS PROGRAMMED TO HANDLE OVERDUE/UNUSED FLT PLANS). AFTER TAKEOFF, FLT 610 CONTACTED DEPARTURE CTL. THE CTLR NOTED ONLY A PRIMARY TRANSPONDER TARGET & OBSERVED NO ALT DATA. MEANWHILE, PIPER PA-42, N900MP, WAS ON AN IFR ARRIVAL FOR A VISUAL APCH TO PAL-WAUKEE ARPT AT 2800 FT. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE TWO ACFT CONVERGED & PASSED WITH ABOUT 2 MI (HORIZONTAL) & 200 FT (VERTICAL) SEPN. INTERVIEWS WITH THE CTLRS REVEALED THEY HAD INTENDED FLT 610 TO CLIMB TO 5000 FT AS PROVIDED BY THE SID. THE ERROR WAS NOT NOTED (WITH THE DATA TAG DROPPED FROM THE COMPUTER).
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Aircraft involved
| Aircraft | Registration | Operator | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piper PA-42-720 PA-42-720 | N900MP | - | - |
| McDonnell Douglas DC-10 DC-10 | DADSO | - | - |
Other Piper PA-42 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Feb 1987 | Piper PA-42 | Horseshoe Bay, Texas, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 3 Feb 1986 | Piper PA-42-720 | Rochester, New York, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 28 Jun 1985 | Piper PA-42 | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States | Atlanta Air Service | Fatal | 2 |
| 31 Oct 1992 | Piper PA-42 | Grand Junction, Colorado, United States | Alpine Aviation | Fatal | 3 |
| 5 May 2001 | Piper PA-42-1000 | Nurnberg, Germany | Max Schaldach | Fatal | 1 |
| 31 Jan 2002 | Piper PA-42-720 | Ames, Iowa, United States | - | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Oct 1988 | Boeing B-727-200A | Chicago, Illinois, United States | Northwest Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 9 Oct 1988 | Beechcraft 55B | Quincy, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 9 Oct 1988 | Cessna 172 | Carbondale, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 26 Jan 1988 | Cessna T310R | Urbana, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 16 Oct 1988 | Piper PA-28-151 | Fairview Hts., Illinois, United States | Hurst Flight Training, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 3 Feb 1988 | Cessna 421A | Wheeling, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |