# NTSB CHI82FEV02: Cessna 205, N202QL, Danville, IL, October 20, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: October 20, 1981
- Place: Danville, IL · DANVILLE, IL
- Location: 40.1426° N, 87.6107° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Danville, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1426&lon=-87.6107&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 30, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 123463
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI82FEV02
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82FEV02

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2732  81/10/20   DANVILLE,IL         CESSNA 205          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 24,
        TIME - 0140                    N202QL              PX-  0  0  3  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  766 TOTAL HOURS, 421 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - VERMILION COUNTY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          CHAMPAIGN,IL                DANVILLE,IL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: CROP                                      LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
        FACTOR(S)
           SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: GENERATORS/ALTERNATORS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE
        REMARKS- GEN PULLEY DISCONNECTED FRM GEN DRIVE SHAFT.PAX LIGHTING INST PANEL USING FLASHLIGHT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N202QL](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N202QL-1993-05-20), registration cancelled 1993-05-20, S/N 2050019 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 205
- Registry model: [Cessna 210-5(205)](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210-5-205) (registry code 2073202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Vermilion County

## 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 19811020068179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811020068179A), Oct 20, 1981: Cessna 2105, Danville, IL, Substantial damage. Drive pully came off generator on night flight. Undershot runway on precautionary landing. Nosed over in cornfield.

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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