Lake In The Hills Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Lake In The Hil, Illinois 60156
Thursday, April 25, 2002 15:36 CDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The on-demand air-taxi positioning flight sustained substantial damage when the nose gear collapsed during landing. The flightcrew changed seat positions so that the first officer would be able to accumulate additional pilot-in-command time by sitting in the left seat. The captain advised the first officer that he would be on the controls during the copilot's first landing attempt at the accident airport. When the airplane touched down, the first officer deployed the thrust reversers, the airplane lifted up, and then bounced 3-4 times down the runway. The captain stated that the first bounce was not severe enough to warrant a go-around. After the second or third bounce, the captain took the controls but could not control the airplane. He added that the airplane was too slow to attempt a go-around.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

The flightcrew's delay in executing a go-around..

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 4/25/2002
Event Day of the Week Thursday
Time of Event 1536
Event Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Event City Lake In The Hil
Event State ILLINOIS
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 60156
Event Date Year 2002
Event Date Month 4
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude --
Event Location Longitude --
Event Location Airport LAKE IN THE HILLS
Event Location Nearest Airport ID 3CK
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 888
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1453 Central Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 180
Weather Observation Facility ID DPA
Elevation of weather observation facility 755
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 18
Time Zone of the weather observation CDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 11
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) -3
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 280
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 26
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 34
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30.13
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 2
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 12453
NTSB Notification Source FAA
NTSB Notification Date May 2 2002 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1100
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Dec 6 2002 3:26PM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\MONR
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office Dupage FSDO

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N560RP
NTSB Number CHI02LA119
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed IFR
Flight plan Was Activated? Yes
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Cessna
Aircraft Model 560
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number 560-0158
Certified Max Gross Weight 16100
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 11
Number of Engines 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection AAIP
Date of Last Inspection --
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours 3927.1
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name RDD Leasing, Inc.
Aircraft Owner Street Address 1100 Bradt Drive
Aircraft Owner City Elgin
Aircraft Owner State IL
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 60120
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name Executive Jet Managemant
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 4556 Airport Road
Operator City Cincinnati
Operator State OH
Operator Country USA
Operator Zip code 45226
Operator Code CWQA
Owner has at least one certificate --
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
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 Yes
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code SJT
Departure City SAN ANGELO
Departure State TX
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 1418
Departure Time Zone CDT
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code 3CK
Destination City LAKE IN THE HIL
Destination State IL
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight Landing - flare/touchdown
Report sent to ICAO? No
Evacuation occurred No
Date of most recent change to record Oct 22 2002 11:36AM
User who most recently changed record SULP
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 26
Runway Length 3058
Runway Width 50
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --