# Accident 19810718042069A: Cessna 340CESSNA, St Charles, IL, July 18, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 1981, 21:02 local time
- Place: St Charles, IL
- Airport: Dupage Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9071° N, 88.2480° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DUPAGE (DPA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9071&lon=-88.2480&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5416J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5416J-1984-06-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340CESSNA
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,053 total, 452 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA078) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810718042069A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT STALLED AND CRASHED ON FINAL APPROACH FOR LANDING. NO MALFUNCTION FOUND.

## 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 CHI81FA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA078), Jul 18, 1981: Cessna 340A (N5416J), St Charles, IL, destroyed, 2 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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