Cessna 550 N41SM

Summary

On 10 May 1993 at about 15:11 local time, a Cessna 550 registered N41SM, operated by Meisner Aircraft, Inc., was involved in an incident near West Chicago, Illinois, United States. 5 people were on board and nobody was injured. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

10 May 1993 at 15:11

Classification

Incident

Location

West Chicago, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Dupage County (DPA)

Coordinates

41.8807, -88.2203

Aircraft

Cessna 550

Registration

N41SM

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Meisner Aircraft, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Executive/Corporate

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Asheville

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI93IA167

Nobody was injured.

INADEQUATE CONTROL TOWER SERVICE BY THE LOCAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER BY PROVIDING CONFLICTING CLEARANCES TO THE PILOTS OF TWO AIRCRAFT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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THE LOCAL CONTROLLER CLEARED A PIPER PA-28, N9291W, FOR TOUCH-AND-GO ON RUNWAY 15, AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER, CLEARED A CESSNA 500 CORPORATE JET FOR TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 10. THE TWO RUNWAYS WERE SITUATED SO THAT THE EXTENDED CENTERLINE OF RUNWAY 10 CROSSED THE END OF RUNWAY 15. WITNESSES INDICATED THAT THE TWO AIRPLANES PASSED WITHIN 100 TO 300 FEET OF EACH OTHER. THE PILOT OF THE CESSNA REPORTED HE VISUALLY ACQUIRED THE PIPER AS BOTH AIRPLANES WERE IN THEIR RESPECTIVE TAKEOFF ROLLS. THE LOCAL CONTROLLER WAS COMMUNICATING WITH THREE AIRPLANES AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. HE REPORTED HE BECAME DISTRACTED BY INBOUND TRAFFIC AND NEGLECTED TO ADEQUATELY MONITOR THE DEPARTING TRAFFIC. HE SAID HE SHOULD HAVE ISSUED A FULL STOP LANDING CLEARANCE TO THE PIPER INSTEAD OF THE TOUCH-AND-GO CLEARANCE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.