# Accident 19731021034759A: Cessna 182A, Marseilles, IL, October 21, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 1973
- Place: Marseilles, IL
- Airport: Prairie Lake Hunt
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 41.3183° N, 88.6764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marseilles, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3183&lon=-88.6764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5983B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5983B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,637 total, 290 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74FEE29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEE29) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731021034759A

## Narrative

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

CAME TO REST IN SMALL LAKE ON AIRPORT.

## 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 CHI74FEE29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEE29), Oct 21, 1973: Cessna 182A (N5983B), Marseilles, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5983B (1)

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

- [Incident 20100818041299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100818041299I), Aug 18, 2010: Cessna 182A (N5983B), Bridgeport, WA, No damage. Pilot departed bozeman Montana enroute to paine field in seattle, Washington. Pilot stated aircraft fuel gauges were erratic and showed no fuel, and all…

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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