# Accident 19800413008999A: Cessna 182, Alhambra, IL, April 13, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 1980, 23:30 local time
- Place: Alhambra, IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8874° N, 89.7369° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alhambra, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8874&lon=-89.7369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6405A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6405A-1981-12-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 549 total, 0 in this make and model, 166 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FA034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800413008999A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT UNABLE TO LOCATE DESTINATION AIRPORT IN DETERIORATING WEATHER. TRIED TO GO BACK. LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT

## 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 CHI80FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FA034), Apr 13, 1980: Cessna 182 (N6405A), Alhambra, 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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