19810121002899A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 340A · Sugar Grove, IL · January 21, 1981

Date
January 21, 1981
Place
Sugar Grove, IL
Airport
Aurora Municipal
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N26711
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI81FEE18
Reported as
Cessna 340A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,498 total69 in this make and model164 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Iced-up, near gross. Circled to land, failed to set props or use deice systems. Ground impact short of runway.

As the FAA filed it

ICED-UP, NEAR GROSS. CIRCLED TO LAND, FAILED TO SET PROPS OR USE DEICE SYSTEMS. GROUND IMPACT SHORT OF RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.