# Accident 19780915030449A: Cessna 180A, Sparta, IL, September 15, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 1978
- Place: Sparta, IL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 38.1395° N, 89.7306° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sparta, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1395&lon=-89.7306&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9560B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9560B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180A (registry code 2072604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180A
- Reported engine: CONT
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 802 total, 420 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78FEV53](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEV53) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780915030449A

## Narrative

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

#1 CYL CONNECTING ROD FAILED.

## 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 CHI78FEV53](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEV53), Sep 15, 1978: Cessna 180A (N9560B), Sparta, 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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