# NTSB CHI81FA022: Cessna 150M, N63090, Timewell, IL, January 25, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 25, 1981
- Place: Timewell, IL · TIMEWELL, IL
- Location: 40.0078° N, 90.8737° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Timewell, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0078&lon=-90.8737&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 2, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 127319
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI81FA022
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA022

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0187  81/1/25    TIMEWELL,IL         CESSNA 150M         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 2545
        TIME - 0935                    N63090              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 53 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MAYFIELD RLA
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          TIMEWELL,IL                UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N63090 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Mayfield Rla

## 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 19810125001589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810125001589A), Jan 25, 1981: Cessna 150M, Timewell, IL, Destroyed. Entered spin or spiral over air strip. Did not recover. May have been practicingspins or possible inner ear problem

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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