# NTSB CHI71DBD51: Cessna 182, N5340B, Ellwood, IL, January 24, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 24, 1971
- Place: Ellwood, IL · ELLWOOD, IL
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 3, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 159784
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI71DBD51
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI71DBD51

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5340B-2015-04-29), registration cancelled 2015-04-29, S/N 33340, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (registry code 2072702) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (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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