# NTSB CHI79FA014: Cessna 210A, N695HP, Chicago, IL, November 5, 1978

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: November 5, 1978
- Place: Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 10, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 138125
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI79FA014
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FA014

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4428   78/11/5   CHICAGO,IL          CESSNA 210A         CR-  2  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 60, 1000
        TIME - 1852                    N695HP              PX-  2  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MERRILL C MEIGS
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          CHICAGO,IL                  JACKSON,MI
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        REMARKS- TURNED AWAY FRM CITY LIGHTS AFTR TKOF,CRASHED IN LAKE MICHIGAN.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N695HP](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N695HP-2014-09-03), registration cancelled 2014-09-03, S/N 57349, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210A
- Registry model: [Cessna 210](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (registry code 2073402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Merrill C Meigs

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19781105044269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781105044269A), Nov 5, 1978: Cessna 210H, IL, Destroyed, 3 fatal

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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