# NTSB CHI66A0018: Cessna 170A, N9501A, Metropolis, IL, August 19, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 19, 1965
- Place: Metropolis, IL · METROPOLIS, IL
- Location: 37.1496° N, 88.6874° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Metropolis, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1496&lon=-88.6874&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report January 21, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 177340
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI66A0018
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI66A0018

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0824  65/8/19    METROPOLIS,ILL      CESSNA 170A         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TIME - 2205                    N9501A              PX-  0  1  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0
        NAME OF AIRPORT - METROPLIS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  TAKEOFF: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- POST MORTEM INDICATED PILOT MAY HAVE SUFFERED INCAPACITATING ATTACK OF PANCREATITIS-NOT CONCLUSIVE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9501A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9501A-1965-11-02), registration cancelled 1965-11-02, S/N 19062 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- Registry model: [Cessna 170A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (registry code 2072304) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Metroplis

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.

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