- Date
- January 24, 1971
- Place
- Ellwood, IL · ELLWOOD, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5340BCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159784
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0687 71/1/24 ELLWOOD,ILL CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 44, 22 TOTAL TIME - 1715 N5340B PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHAMPAIGN,ILL CHICAGO,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PERSONNEL - FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT APPROACHING DARKNESS REMARKS- SUPERVISED SOLO XCOUNTRY FLT.UN COMPLETE DURG DAYLIGHT.LNDD IN PLOWED FLD AT DUSK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5340B
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5340BRegistration cancelled Apr 29, 2015 · Cessna 182Airframe modelCessna 182Engine modelContinental O-470 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.