# Accident 19760531032369A: Cessna 172D, Shelbyville, IL, May 31, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1976
- Place: Shelbyville, IL
- Airport: Shelby County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 39.4113° N, 88.8455° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHELBY COUNTY (2H0), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4113&lon=-88.8455&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80946, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80946-1976-12-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 404 total, 31 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76AC066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76AC066) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760531032369A

## Narrative

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

PLT WAS UNAWARE OF DETR WX & HAD TO DESCEND TO MAINTAIN VISUAL CONTACT W 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 CHI76AC066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76AC066), May 31, 1976: Cessna 172M (N80946), Shelbyville, IL, destroyed, 3 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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