# Incident 19840724076899I: Cessna 120, Spring Grove, IL, July 24, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1984, 15:15 local time
- Place: Spring Grove, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4507° N, 88.2402° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spring Grove, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4507&lon=-88.2402&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2830N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2830N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 120 (registry code 2071402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-120) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 120
- Reported engine: CONT C9012F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 150 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840724076899I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AT CLIMB POWER. UNABLE TO SUSTAIN FLIGHT. LANDED IN A FIELD. PROBABLE CARBURETOR ICING.

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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