# Accident 19811127079749A: Cessna 172N, Kankakee, IL, November 27, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 27, 1981, 12:15 local time
- Place: Kankakee, IL
- Airport: Greater
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1017° N, 87.8637° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kankakee, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1017&lon=-87.8637&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5605J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5605J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 243 total, 6 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI82FEE07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82FEE07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811127079749A

## Narrative

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

REPORTED ENGINE ROUGH, QUIT ON ENTERING PATTERN. LANDED IN PLOWED FIELD. NOSED OVER. CONDITIONS GOOD FOR CARB ICE.

## 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 CHI82FEE07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82FEE07), Nov 27, 1981: Cessna 172N (N5605J), Kankakee, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5605J (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19820919048169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820919048169A), Sep 19, 1982: Cessna 172N (N5605J), Park Forest, IL, Substantial damage. Pilot claims power not sufficient for takeoff, no malfunction of engine found during investigation.

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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