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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172N · Atlas, IL · April 11, 1981

Date
April 11, 1981 · 15:31 local
Place
Atlas, IL
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N737FB
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI81FA045
Reported as
Cessna 172N
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
204 total88 in this make and model17 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.

Struck wires on low pass over lake. Impact severed portion of wing. Airplane rolled over, crashed inverted.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK WIRES ON LOW PASS OVER LAKE. IMPACT SEVERED PORTION OF WING. AIRPLANE ROLLED OVER, CRASHED INVERTED.

NTSB investigation

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