Individually Owned: 151,845
Corporate Owned: 143,699
Palwaukee Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Chicago, Illinois 60666
Saturday, August 8, 1987 14:25 CDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
AIR CANADA FLT 839 (BOEING 727, C-GYNE) WAS DEPG CHICAGO O'HARE INTL ARPT AS CESSNA 650 (CITATION), N20AT, WAS DEPG PALWAUKEE (PWK) ARPT, ABOUT 8 MI NORTH OF O'HARE. BOTH FLTS TKOF WITH IFR FLT PLANS. BFR THE CITATION TKOF, THE PWK TWR CTLR CTCD THE TRACON NORTH SATELLITE CTLR (NC) & OBTAINED CLNC FOR THE CITATION TO TAKEOFF ON RWY 16 WITH A PWK #1 DEPARTURE. FLT 839 TOOK OFF FM RWY 32R AT O'HARE & BGN A RGT TURN TO 020 DEG, CLBG TO 5000'. AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME, THE CITATION DEPD RWY 16 AT PWK & BGN A RGT TURN WHILE CLBG TO 3000'. THE 2 ACFT CONVERGED NRLY HEAD-ON & PASSED CLOSE TO EACH OTR. FLT 839 ESTD THEY PASSED WITH APRX 500' SEPN, THE CITATION CREW ESTD 100' SEPN. BOTH FLTS WERE IN CTC WITH TRACON; FLT 839 WAS IN CTC WITH THE EAST DEP CTLR (EC); THE CITATION CREW WERE IN CTC WITH NC. THE 2 CTLRS WERE WORKING SIDE-BY-SIDE, SHARING THE SAME RADAR SCOPE. THERE WAS AN AVAILABLE LIGHT TO WARN OF ACFT DEPG PWK, BUT IT WAS NOT BEING USED. WRITTEN PROCEDURES FOR USE OF THE LIGHT WERE NOT SPECIFIC. TRAFFIC WAS DESCRIBED AS MODERATE TO BUSY.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Incident |
| Event Date | 8/8/1987 |
| Event Day of the Week | Saturday |
| Time of Event | 1425 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Daylight Time |
| Event City | CHICAGO |
| Event State | ILLINOIS |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 60666 |
| Event Date Year | 1987 |
| Event Date Month | 8 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | -- |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | -- |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | PALWAUKEE |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | PWK |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | 0 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1420 Central Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 180 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | ORD |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 700 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 6 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 3300 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Partial Obscuration |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Overcast |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 1 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | -- |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -- |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 0 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 0 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | -- |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 135 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 5068 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Aug 10 1987 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 730 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | |
| Date of most recent change to record | Apr 9 2001 10:27AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Instrument Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
Aircraft #2 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | CGYNE | N20AT |
| NTSB Number | CHI87IA188A | CHI87IA188B |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 129: Foreign | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- | -- |
| Damage | None | None |
| Aircraft Fire | None | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | BOEING | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | 727-233 | 650 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 727-233 | 650 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 22345 | 109 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 191500 | 17500 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | Foreign Registered/U.S. Soil | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 145 | 11 |
| Number of Engines | 3 | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Unknown | Unknown |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- | -- |
| ELT Installed | No | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No | No |
| ELT Type | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | AIR CANADA | QUAKER OATS COMPANY |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 500 DORCHESTER BLVD. | MERCHANDISE MART PLAZA |
| Aircraft Owner City | MONTREAL,QUEBEC | CHICAGO |
| Aircraft Owner State | IL | |
| Aircraft Owner Country | ||
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 60654 | |
| Operator is an individual? | -- | -- |
| Operator Name | ||
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | ||
| Operator City | ||
| Operator State | ||
| Operator Country | ||
| Operator Zip code | ||
| Operator Code | ||
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | Scheduled | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | International | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | Passenger Only | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Unknown | Executive/Corporate |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No | No |
| Departure Airport Code | ORD | PWK |
| Departure City | CHICAGO | WHEELING |
| Departure State | IL | IL |
| Departure Country | ||
| Departure Time | 1420 | 0 |
| Departure Time Zone | CDT | |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | CYYC | SBN |
| Destination City | CALGARY,CANADA | SOUTH BEND |
| Destination State | OF | IN |
| Destination Country | ||
| Specific Phase of Flight | Climb | Climb |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:30AM | Jan 2 2001 10:30AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 0 | 0 |
| Runway Length | 0 | 0 |
| Runway Width | 0 | 0 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No | No |
| Medical Flight | -- | -- |