# Accident 19781219045029A: Cessna 210L, Morton, IL, December 19, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 1978
- Place: Morton, IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 40.6137° N, 89.4668° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Morton, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6137&lon=-89.4668&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4638Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,425 total, 200 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FA021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781219045029A

## Narrative

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

COLLIDED WITH WIRES.

## 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 CHI79FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FA021), Dec 19, 1978: Cessna 210L (N4638Q), Morton, IL, destroyed, 2 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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