# NTSB CHI81FEE16: Cessna 150, N66212, Downers Grove, IL, January 20, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 20, 1981
- Place: Downers Grove, IL · DOWNERS GROVE, IL
- Location: 41.7950° N, 88.0211° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Downers Grove, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7950&lon=-88.0211&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 30, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 127334
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI81FEE16
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FEE16

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0202  81/1/20  NR.DOWNERS GROVE,IL   CESSNA 150          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1945                    N66212              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  AGE 55, 937 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            228 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          MANISTIQUE,MI               CHICAGO,IL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - FOG
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT
                                  ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED                                  300
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          1 MILE OR LESS                                           UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          FOG                                                      IFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N66212](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66212-1997-06-02), registration cancelled 1997-06-02, S/N 15075923 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

## 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 19810120000799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810120000799A), Jan 20, 1981: Cessna 150M, Downers Grove, IL, Destroyed. VFR on top IFR weather at destination. Radio problems. Came down through clouds. Tried to land in field, hit trees.

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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