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NTSB Investigating Fatal Cessna T210M Crash Near Deerfield, Illinois

One person aboard was killed in the March 5 crash, according to the National Transportation Safety Board accident record; the cause has not been determined.

By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 7, 2026, 11:36 a.m. ET
A single-engine crashed near Deerfield, Illinois, at about 3:45 a.m. local time on March 5, 2026, according to the National Transportation Safety Board accident record. The record lists one person aboard and one fatality, and describes the aircraft as having sustained substantial damage. The investigation is open and this account is developing. The NTSB record classifies the flight as a Part 91 general aviation flight and identifies the aircraft as . The cause has not been determined. The NTSB is investigating. Aircraft registry records list as a , a single-engine piston landplane with a Continental Motors TSIO-520 series engine, serial number 21061668, registered in the United States. The registry lists the registered owner as Chester Wojnicki; the owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to the flight. Weather observations recorded at Chicago Executive Airport (KPWK), 4.9 miles away and seven minutes from the reported time of the accident, show calm wind, visibility of half a statute mile, fog, a vertical visibility of 200 feet and a temperature of 38°F. Those are instrument readings only and are not a stated cause of anything. Geographic reference data places Deerfield in Lake County, Illinois, at a settlement elevation of 699 feet, 4.9 miles northeast of Chicago Executive Airport and 14 miles north-northeast of Chicago O'Hare International Airport. As a matter of record, the NTSB database, which begins in 2008, contains 35 other cases involving the , of which 7 involved a fatality. That count is a tally of records only and says nothing about the cause of this accident.

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Reference data

From aircraft and geographic registries, not from the news sources. Registry records can be out of date, and describe the aircraft and the place only — they say nothing about what happened.

Registration
N19FB
Type
Cessna T210M — single-engine piston landplane
Engines
CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
Registered owner
Wojnicki ChesterThe owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to the flight.
Terrain elevation
699 ft
Nearest aerodrome
4.9 miles NE of Chicago Executive Airport (KPWK/PWK)

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Revision history

  1. Version 27 Aug 2026, 15:36current

    Corrected the garbled temperature rendering to 38°F and clarified that the 699 ft elevation is that of the settlement, not the accident site.

  2. Version 15 Aug 2026, 16:45

    First published.

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