# Accident 19870920055199A: Cessna 172RG, Pinckneyville, IL, September 20, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1987, 16:45 local time
- Place: Pinckneyville, IL
- Airport: Pinckneyville-Du Quoin
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0699° N, 89.3802° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0699&lon=-89.3802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9543B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9543B-2019-02-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Reported engine: LYC O360F1A6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 732 total, 85 in this make and model, 155 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI87LA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA220) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870920055199A

## Narrative

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

LANDED GEAR UP. GEAR OPERATED NORMAL ON POST CRASH TEST.

## 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 CHI87LA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA220), Sep 20, 1987: Cessna 172RG (N9543B), Pinckneyville, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9543B (2)

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

- [Incident 19950221004699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950221004699I), Feb 21, 1995: Cessna 172RG (N9543B), Carbondale-Murp, IL, Minor damage. Narrative: on February 21, 1995 at approximately 1600 hours local, the pilot-in-command of Cessna 172RG, N9543B, was conducting practice take offs and landings…
- [Incident 19910307013719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910307013719I), Mar 7, 1991: Cessna 172RG (N9543B), Carbondale-Murp, IL, Minor damage. Unable to lower landing gear. Landed gear up. Found left main landing gear pitot assembly had failed.

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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