# NTSB UNK65X0991: Cessna 190, N4497C, Bradford, IL, December 12, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: December 12, 1964
- Place: Bradford, IL · BRADFORD, IL
- Location: 41.1772° N, 89.6582° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bradford, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1772&lon=-89.6582&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 26, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180679
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X0991
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0991

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0905  64/12/12   BRADFORD ILLINOIS   CESSNA 190          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 33, 150
        TIME - 1815                    N4497C              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PERSONNEL - WEATHER PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE/INCORRECT WEATHER BRIEFING
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - FOG
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - SMOKE IN COCKPIT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  300
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          ZERO                                                     FOG
        TEMPERATURE-F                                            WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES
           38                                                      300
        WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS                                      TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
           2                                                       VFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4497C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4497C-2018-04-05), registration cancelled 2018-04-05, S/N 16081, built 1953 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 190
- Registry model: [Cessna 190](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-190) (registry code 2072902) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental W670 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (registry code 17018, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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