# Accident 19730616020149A: Cessna 182, Plainfield, IL, June 16, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 1973
- Place: Plainfield, IL
- Airport: Nelson
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 41.6294° N, 88.2456° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plainfield, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6294&lon=-88.2456&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6258A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6258A-2013-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 892 total, 406 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI73FEE68](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73FEE68) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730616020149A

## Narrative

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

ENCTRD SVR TURB APRX 1000FT AGL.PLT ELECTED TO LND AT ARPT APRX 12MI E.WIND GUSTING 36K.

## 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 CHI73FEE68](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73FEE68), Jun 16, 1973: Cessna 182 (N6258A), Plainfield, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6258A (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19781021035819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781021035819A), Oct 21, 1978: Cessna 182H (N6258A), Hinckley, IL, Substantial damage. Parachute jumping. Landed in soy bean field.

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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