# Accident 19790728044019A: Cessna 150M, Peoria, IL, July 28, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1979, 21:43 local time
- Place: Peoria, IL
- Airport: Greater Peoria
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6936° N, 89.5890° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Peoria, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6936&lon=-89.5890&mi=10
- Aircraft: N704NU, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N704NU-1981-12-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 81 total, 46 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790728044019A

## Narrative

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

NIGHT TOUCH & GO LANDING. CLIMB PERFORMANCE POOR DUE TO FLAPS FULL DOWN, UNRECOGNIZED. ENTERED SPIN, CRASHED.

## 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 CHI79FA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FA062), Jul 28, 1979: Cessna 150M (N704NU), Peoria, IL, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N704NU (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19790605014459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790605014459I), Jun 5, 1979: Cessna 150M (N704NU), Peoria, IL, Minor damage. Pilot behind fuel truck holding short of runway, truck began to roll backwards. Pilot pulled mixture, hit by truck.
- [Incident 19780121003999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780121003999I), Jan 21, 1978: Cessna 150M (N704NU), Peoria, IL, Minor damage. Student allowed aircraft to drift and on touchdown wheel went into snow and aircraft struck frozen dirt pile.

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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