Cessna T210N accident near Kankakee, Illinois, November 18, 1986
On November 18, 1986 at about 6:00 pm local time, a Cessna T210N, registered N9843Y, was substantially damaged in an accident near Kankakee, Illinois (Greater Kankakee airport). It was an executive or corporate flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved. The weather was instrument conditions (cloud, fog or low visibility).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this accident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- November 18, 1986 · about 6:00 pm local time
- Place
- Kankakee, Illinois · Greater Kankakee · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- instrument conditions (cloud, fog or low visibility)
- Aircraft
- Cessna T210N · all T210Ns on the register
- Registration
- N9843Y · registry record · serial 21064616
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive or corporate flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
THE PLT OVERRAN RWY 22 AFTER LANDING DOWNWIND DURING INTRUMENT WEATHER CONDITIONS. FSS HAD ADVISED THE PLT OF A NOTAM THAT RWY 4 ILS WAS OUT OF SERVICE DUE TO CONSTRUCTION.HOWEVER, ANOTHER ACFT WHICH LANDED ON RWY 4 ABOUT 15 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT LEARNED THROUGH UNICOM THAT THE ILS HAD BEEN REOPENED BECAUSE CONSTRUCTION HAD BEEN HALTED. THIS ACFT HAD ALSO REPORTED TO CHICAGO FSS THAT BRAKING ACTION WAS NIL. THE PLT OF N9843Y WAS ADVISED OF THE POOR BRAKING ACTION BUT HAD NOT CONTACTED KANKAKEE UNICOM FOR LOCAL ADVISORIES.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: airline transport pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 1,900 hours in all; 15 in this make and model; 100 in the last 90 days; 1,750 as pilot in command
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (valid medical--no waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 1,590 hours
- Last inspection: annual inspection; 350 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 4,000 lb
- Seats: 6
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: Continental TSIO-520-R (piston); 0 hours total
- Operator: Antela Corporation
The flight
- Departed from: IND Indianapolis IN at 4:30 pm
- Destination: IKK
- Flight plan: IFR
- Runway 22, 5,100 ft by 100 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 020° at 16 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility: 1 statute miles
- Sky: overcast at 300 ft; not recorded
- Temperature: 30°F (-1°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observation at 5:45 pm from IKK1
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 | |||
| Passengers | 1 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, the folder of records gathered during the investigation, shown as the NTSB released them (the NTSB redacts some personal details first) and listed under the NTSB's own titles. This site's own text never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number CHI87LA027.