# Accident 19740601024769A: Cessna 305A, Huntley, IL, June 1, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 1974
- Place: Huntley, IL
- Airport: Aarang
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 42.1608° N, 88.4355° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Huntley, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1608&lon=-88.4355&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5285G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5285G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 305A (registry code 2074002, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-305a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 305A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 336 total, 14 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74DEE82](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74DEE82) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740601024769A

## Narrative

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

LNDD IN SOFT FLD SHORT OF RWY.BOTH MAIN GR SETTLED ABT 14IN INTO MUD.

## 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 CHI74DEE82](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74DEE82), Jun 1, 1974: Cessna 305 (N5285G), Huntley, IL, substantial damage

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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