# NTSB CHI85FAMS2: Cessna 170B, N3160B, Chicago(L.Mich), IL, July 25, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Missing aircraft · Final report
- Date: July 25, 1985
- Place: Chicago(L.Mich), IL
- Coordinates: 41.739871, -87.610443 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7399&lon=-87.6104&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12872
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85FAMS2
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12872/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85FAMS2

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Missing aircraft, unknown
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
  - light condition - night

## Analysis

AT AN UNKNOWN TIME DURING THE NIGHT OF JULY 25/26 THE ACFT CRASHED INTO LAKE MICHIGAN. EXACT WX CONDITIONS ARE UNKNOWN. THE PASSENGER WAS RECOVERED FROM THE LAKE THE NEXT MORNING, ALONG WITH THE TWO CRUSHED FRONT SEATS AND TWO BUCKLED INTERIOR SIDE PANELS. THE PLT WAS RECOVERED FROM THE LAKE ELEVEN DAYS LATER. BOTH INDIVIDUALS SUCCUMBED TO MULTIPLE TRAUMATIC INJURIES. THE ACFT WAS NOT RECOVERED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3160B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3160B-2012-11-06), registration cancelled 2012-11-06, S/N 25402, built 1952 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Registry model: [Cessna 170B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (registry code 2072306) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C145 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (registry code 17012, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 25402
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300-D 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Arnold P. Hohl
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: N54, LANGHORNE, PA
- Destination: C81, GRAYSLAKE, IL

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 59; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; toxicology performed; flight hours: 1,880 total, 30 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Night/dark
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Observed at: MDW

## 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 19850725034569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850725034569A), Jul 25, 1985: Cessna 170B, Chicago, IL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Crashed into lake Michigan at unknown time in unknown weather. Bodies washed ashore. Pilot had consumed alcohol.

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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