# Accident 19900913039029A: Cessna 172N, Paris, IL, September 13, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 1990, 00:45 local time
- Place: Paris, IL
- Airport: Edgar County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6110° N, 87.6899° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6110&lon=-87.6899&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75785, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N75785-1991-05-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 642 total, 531 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI90FA263](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90FA263) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900913039029A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO GROUND TURNING TO BASE LEG AT NIGHT IN HEAVY FOG.

## 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 CHI90FA263](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90FA263), Sep 13, 1990: Cessna 172N (N75785), Paris, IL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S CONTINUATION OF VFR FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE FOG AND THE DARK NIGHT.

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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