# Accident 19810906055689A: Cessna 175, Fenton, IL, September 6, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 1981, 10:10 local time
- Place: Fenton, IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7306° N, 90.0301° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fenton, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7306&lon=-90.0301&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7234M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7234M-1982-02-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175 (registry code 2072502, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GO-300 series (registry code 17024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175
- Reported engine: CONT GO300A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 353 total, 1 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA096) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810906055689A

## Narrative

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

FLYING VFR, STRUCK POWERLINES. LOW CEILING AND VISIBILITY CONDITIONS. FIRST FLIGHT IN TYPE. WAS ADVISED NO GO.

## 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 CHI81FA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA096), Sep 6, 1981: Cessna 175 (N7234M), Fenton, IL, destroyed, 1 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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