# NTSB CHI67D0589: Cessna 140, N1965N, Spring Bay, IL, August 24, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 24, 1966
- Place: Spring Bay, IL · SPRING BAY, IL
- Location: 40.8212° N, 89.5311° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spring Bay, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8212&lon=-89.5311&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 26, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 121367
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI67D0589
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI67D0589

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4355  66/8/24  NR.SPRING BAY ILL     CESSNA 140          CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 33, 57 TOTAL
        TIME - 1730                    N1965N              PX-  0  0  0  TRAINING                  HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - GERALD D STABB
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: CROP                                      LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
        REMARKS- LEFT WING STRUCK CORN ROWS ON BORDER OF NARROW PRIVATE AIR STRIP
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1965N](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1965N), registered now, S/N 12201 (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: Gerald D Stabb

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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