# NTSB CHI68D0389: Cessna 180, N4709B, Fairmount, IL, July 26, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 26, 1967
- Place: Fairmount, IL · FAIRMOUNT, IL
- Location: 40.0456° N, 87.8293° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairmount, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0456&lon=-87.8293&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 8, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 115355
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI68D0389
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI68D0389

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3234  67/7/26    FAIRMOUNT,ILL       CESSNA 180          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 53, 3280
        TIME - 0745                    N4709B              PX-  0  0  1  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 2500 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CATLETT RLA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N4709B (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Catlett Rla

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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