# Accident 19850908043519A: Cessna 172, Sweetwater, IL, September 8, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1985, 09:55 local time
- Place: Sweetwater, IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0539° N, 89.6940° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sweetwater, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0539&lon=-89.6940&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6236E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6236E-2013-09-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT O300B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 67 total, 67 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI85FEV03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85FEV03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850908043519A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TREES,THEN GROUND AFTER FLYING LOW OVER HIGHWAY.  HAD BEEN UNDER STRESS AND HAD NOT BEEN TO BED FOR 2 DAYS.

## 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 CHI85FEV03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85FEV03), Sep 8, 1985: Cessna 172 (N6236E), Sweetwater, 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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