# Accident 19730126003229A: Cessna 207A, Marion, IL, January 26, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 1973
- Place: Marion, IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 37.7342° N, 88.9443° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marion, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7342&lon=-88.9443&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1582U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1582U-1973-06-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 207 (registry code 2073602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,128 total, 10 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI73AC066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73AC066) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730126003229A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

DESCENDED BLO MDA ON VOR APCH.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI73AC066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73AC066), Jan 26, 1973: Cessna 207 (N1582U), Marion, IL, destroyed, 1 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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