# Accident 19810120000799A: Cessna 150M, Downers Grove, IL, January 20, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 1981, 19:45 local time
- Place: Downers Grove, IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7950° N, 88.0211° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Downers Grove, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7950&lon=-88.0211&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66212, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66212-1997-06-02) (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: 937 total, 227 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FEE16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FEE16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810120000799A

## Narrative

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

VFR ON TOP IFR WEATHER AT DESTINATION. RADIO PROBLEMS. CAME DOWN THROUGH CLOUDS. TRIED TO LAND IN FIELD, HIT TREES.

## 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 CHI81FEE16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FEE16), Jan 20, 1981: Cessna 150 (N66212), Downers Grove, IL, destroyed

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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