| Aircraft Registration Number | N189G |
| NTSB Number | CHI02LA254 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Form 6120.19A Entry Date | -- |
| Form 6120.4 entry date | -- |
| FAA Form Date | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | No |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Type Certification Number | -- |
| Aircraft Certification Region | -- |
| Aircraft Date of Current Certification | -- |
| Operator's Cert. FAA Region | -- |
| Operator's Certifying FSDO. | -- |
| AIC code for Aircraft Make,Model,Series | -- |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Grumman |
| Aircraft Model | C-1A |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 146044 |
| Aircraft Year of Manufacture | -- |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 24500 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Class | -- |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 8 |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | AAIP |
| Date of Last Inspection | May 2 2002 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 17 |
| Airframe Hours | 16459 |
| Airframe Cycles | -- |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| Flight Number | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | Trader Air, Inc. |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 1429 Southwest 32nd Street |
| Aircraft Owner City | Topeka |
| Aircraft Owner State | KS |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 66611 |
| Operated By (Name) | -- |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | -- |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | -- |
| Operator State | -- |
| Operator Country | -- |
| Operator Zip code | -- |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Positioning |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | SBN |
| Departure City | South Bend |
| Departure State | IN |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1600 |
| Departure Time Zone | EST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | TOP |
| Destination City | Topeka |
| Destination State | KS |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Highest Degree of Injury | -- |
| Total Fatal Injuries to Flight Crew | -- |
| Total Non-Fatal Injuries to Flight Crew | -- |
| Total Flight Crew On Board | -- |
| Total Fatal Injuries to Cabin Crew | -- |
| Total Non-Fatal Injuries to Cabin Crew | -- |
| Total Cabin Crew On Board | -- |
| Total Fatal Injuries to Passengers | -- |
| Total Non-Fatal Injuries to Passengers | -- |
| Total Passengers On Board | -- |
| Total Fatal Injuries to Ground Crew | -- |
| Total Non-Fatal Injuries to Ground Crew | -- |
| Total Fatal Injuries to the Public | -- |
| Total Non-Fatal Injuries to the Public | -- |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Emergency descent/landing |
| Report sent to ICAO? | No |
| Point-of-view description | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | No |
| Evacuation Injuries | -- |
| FAA Comments | -- |
| FAA Incident Identifier | -- |
| NTSB Last date of change for the current event | -- |
| Since inspection or accident | Time of Accident |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | -- |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |