# Accident 19830806039109A: Cessna 182, Marseilles, IL, August 6, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 1983, 10:15 local time
- Place: Marseilles, IL
- Airport: Prairie Lake
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3199° N, 88.6796° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3199&lon=-88.6796&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6351A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6351A-1984-05-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 812 total, 374 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI83FA365](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83FA365) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830806039109A

## Narrative

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

OBSERVED TO ENTER NOSE DOWN STEEP BANK ON TURNING BASE. NO ATTEMPT TO RECOVER. PILOT HAD PRIOR SEVERE HEADACHES.

## 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 CHI83FA365](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83FA365), Aug 6, 1983: Cessna 182 (N6351A), Marseilles, IL, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N6351A (2)

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

- [Incident 19780916019249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780916019249I), Sep 16, 1978: N6351A, Newark, IL, 1 fatal. Skydiver fatality. Chute failed to open properly.
- [Incident 19780522035339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780522035339I), May 22, 1978: Cessna 182 (N6351A), Griffith, IN, 1 fatal. 3 Parachutists in jump, two struck each other with one going limp and falling to death.

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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