# Accident 19810121002899A: Cessna 340A, Sugar Grove, IL, January 21, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 1981
- Place: Sugar Grove, IL
- Airport: Aurora Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7719° N, 88.4757° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AURORA MUNI (ARR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7719&lon=-88.4757&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26711, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N26711-1981-04-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,498 total, 69 in this make and model, 164 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FEE18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FEE18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810121002899A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 CHI81FEE18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FEE18), Jan 21, 1981: Cessna 340A (N26711), Sugar 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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