# Incident 19950226008449I: Cessna 172L, Peru, IL, February 26, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 1995, 16:00 local time
- Place: Peru, IL
- Airport: Illinois Valley Regional/Walter A
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3569° N, 89.1389° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Peru, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3569&lon=-89.1389&mi=10
- Aircraft: N71390, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N71390-2017-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950226008449I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: JAMES D. RUSHER, 2134187, FLYING A CESSNA 172L, N7139Q WITH 2 PASSENGERS, DEPARTED DBQ FOR A TRIP TO BENTON, IL (H96). THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED ICE AT CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO PROCEED TO ILLINOIS VALLEY. THE FLIGHT RESULTED IN A LANDING IN A FIELD NEAR LADD, IL. THE AIRCRAFT COULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE DUE TO THE ICE CONDITIONS.

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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