# NTSB CHI66F0580: Cessna 140, N81093, Sycamore, IL, February 4, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 4, 1966
- Place: Sycamore, IL · SYCAMORE, IL
- Location: 41.9967° N, 88.6772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sycamore, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9967&lon=-88.6772&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 16, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 173756
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI66F0580
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI66F0580

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0181   66/2/4    SYCAMORE ILL        CESSNA 140          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 36, 30 TOTAL
        TIME - 1330                    N81093              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SYCAMORE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK                                  LANDING: ROLL
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N81093](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N81093), registered now, S/N 10387, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Registry model: [Cessna 140](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (registry code 2071602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Sycamore

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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