# Accident 20161209022099A: Aircraft Mfg & Design LLC CH601XL SLSA, Marengo, IL, December 9, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 2016, 18:19 local time
- Place: Marengo, IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2256° N, 88.6275° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2256&lon=-88.6275&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4218, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4218-2019-01-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aircraft Mfg & Design CH601XL SLSA (registry code 060005L, https://openairdocs.org/model/aircraft-mfg-design-ch601xl-slsa) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-200A (registry code 17404, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-200a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRCRAFT MFG & DESIGN LLC CH601XL SLSA
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 274 total, 274 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17FA053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161209022099A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 9, 2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 18:10 CST, N4218 DEPARTED FROM POPLAR GROVE AIRPORT (C77) ENROUTE TO SCHAUMBURG REGIONAL AIRPORT (06C).  AT 18:19 CST THE PLANE WAS LOST FROM RADAR.  THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT HAVE A FILED FLIGHT PLAN NOR WAS IN RADIO CONTACT WITH ATC.  ON DECEMBER 10 AT 7:30 CST MCHENRY COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS NOTIFIED OF PLANE WRECKAGE OBSERVED IN A FIELD NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF MEYERS AND PLEASANT GROVE ROADS.

## 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 CEN17FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17FA053), Dec 10, 2016: Aircraft Mfg & Design CH601XL Slsa (N4218), Marengo, IL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of control in flight for reasons that could not be determined because no anomalies consistent with a preimpact failure or malfunction were identified during the investigation.

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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