Dupage Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

West Chicago, Illinois 60185
Monday, December 22, 1986 14:37 CST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

AT 0850 CST, THE PLT GOT A WX BRIEFING FOR A FLT TO THE DUPAGE ARPT. AT THAT TIME, THE CURRENT DUPAGE WX WAS IN PART: PARTIAL OBSCN, 2 MI VIS WITH FOG; ALSO, THE PLT WAS GIVEN SVRL PIREPS FOR LGT TO MOD ICING IN SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. AT 1231, HE GOT A WX UPDATE. AT THAT TIME, THE DUPAGE WX WAS IN PART: 600' OVC, 2 MI VIS WITH FOG; THE FORECAST WAS FOR THESAME WX TO CONT WITH OCNL 1000' OVC, 4 MI VIS WITH FOG, BUT NO ICING WAS EXPECTED. AFTER ARRIVING, THE PLT MADE A VOR RWY 10 APCH, THEN CIRCLED TO LND ON RWY 28. THE TWR CTLRS RPRTD THE PLT MADE THE CIRCLING MANEUVER AT 50' TO 100' AGL, ALTHO THERE WAS A RPRTD 500' CEILING & 1-1/4 MI VIS WITH FOG. MINIMUMS FOR THE APCH WERE 500' CEILING & 1 MI VIS. DRG THE BASE TO FINAL TURN, THE ACFT IMPACTED THE GND & BURNED. AFTER THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED, LEADING EDGE ICE WAS FND UNDER THE UNBURNED HORIZONTAL STABILIZER & ALONG THE WRECKAGE PATH. AT THE TIME OF THE PLT'S LAST MED CERT ON 4/6/84, HERPRTD A TOTAL FLT TIME OF 2200 HRS. THE RGT FRONT SEAT PAX WAS A RATED PLT; HIS MED CERT WAS DATED 4/15/82.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 12/22/1986
Event Day of the Week Monday
Time of Event 1437
Event Time Zone Central Standard Time
Event City WEST CHICAGO
Event State ILLINOIS
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 60185
Event Date Year 1986
Event Date Month 12
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport DUPAGE
Event Location Nearest Airport ID DPA
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport Off Airport/Airstrip
Distance from airport in statute miles 1
Degrees magnetic from airport 100
Airport Elevation 758
Weather Briefing Completeness Full
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1440 Central Standard Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 280
Weather Observation Facility ID DPA
Elevation of weather observation facility 758
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 1
Time Zone of the weather observation CST
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 500
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Unknown
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) 1
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) -1
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 250
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 10
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Fatal
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal 4
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 4
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 2567
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Dec 22 1986 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1500
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 33447
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 5:30PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Instrument Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N1253R
NTSB Number CHI87FA054
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed IFR
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Destroyed
Aircraft Fire Ground
Aircraft Explosion Ground
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name BELLANCA
Aircraft Model 14-19-3A
Aircraft Series Identifier 14-19-3A
Aircraft Serial Number 4317
Certified Max Gross Weight 3000
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Jun 26 1986 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours --
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name WILLIAM OLSON
Aircraft Owner Street Address P.O. BOX 230
Aircraft Owner City STILLWATER
Aircraft Owner State MN
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 55082
Operator is an individual? --
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? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
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) Business
Second Pilot on Board Yes
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code BMI
Departure City BLOOMINTON
Departure State IL
Departure Country
Departure Time 1337
Departure Time Zone CST
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Approach
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:30AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 28
Runway Length 4001
Runway Width 75
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --