# NTSB CHI70F0257: Cessna T-50, N64056, Buffalo, IL, July 4, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 4, 1969
- Place: Buffalo, IL · BUFFALO, IL
- Location: 39.8499° N, 89.4091° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8499&lon=-89.4091&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 17, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 165926
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI70F0257
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI70F0257

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3064   69/7/4    BUFFALO,ILL         CESSNA T-50         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 32, 260
        TIME - 0615                    N64056              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 21 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          PEKIN,ILL                   WAVERLY,TENN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - COOLING SYSTEM: COWLING
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
           POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: BLADES
           MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE
           TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND
           TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
                                  DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM
                                  SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE
        REMARKS- L COWL CAME LOOSE,STRUCK PROP. PLT REDUCED THROTTLE,WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN FLT. LANDED IN HI CORN.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N64056](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64056-1970-08-04), registration cancelled 1970-08-04, S/N 5622 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T-50
- Registry model: [Cessna T-50](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t-50) (registry code 2071302) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

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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