# Accident 19860308070562A: Cessna P206, Lafox, IL, March 8, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 1986, 15:56 local time
- Place: Lafox, IL
- Airport: Dupage
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9279° N, 88.5189° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about 4 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9279&lon=-88.5189&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2544X (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P206
- Reported engine: CONT IO520A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 371 total, 150 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI86FA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86FA100) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860308070562A

## Narrative

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

PILOT FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID ANOTHER PLANE WHILE TRACKING INBOUND ON LOCALIZER. NOSE WHEEL KNOCKED OFF BY N72MA.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N72MA, Cessna 172M: [Accident 19860308070561A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860308070561A)

## 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 CHI86FA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86FA100), Mar 8, 1986: Cessna 206 (N2544X), Lafox, IL, minor damage, 2 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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