# Accident 19750524021029A: Cessna 177, Carpentersvile, IL, May 24, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 1975
- Place: Carpentersvile, IL
- Airport: Elgin
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Aircraft: N30836, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30836-1975-09-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177B (registry code 2073708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 187 total, 12 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI75AC091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75AC091) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750524021029A

## Narrative

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

PLT PROVIDED SIGMET ENRT-WIDESPREAD TSTMS,SEVERE VCNTY CHICAGO.

## 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 CHI75AC091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75AC091), May 24, 1975: Cessna 177B (N30836), Carpentersvile, IL, destroyed, 5 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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