Cessna 180A N9560B
15 September 1978 · Sparta, Illinois, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 15 September 1978 at about 15:30 local time, a Cessna 180A registered N9560B was involved in an accident during in flight near Sparta, Illinois, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 15:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Sparta, Illinois, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Cessna 180A
- Registration
- N9560B
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- S → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-3870
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
#1 CYL CONNECTING ROD FAILED.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jan 1978 | Cessna 180 | Redding, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 28 Jul 1978 | Cessna 180K | Houston, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 3 May 1978 | Cessna 180 | Eveleth, Minnesota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 24 Oct 1978 | Cessna 180G | Dulac, Louisiana, United States | Hammonds Fly S | No injuries | - |
| 15 Jul 1978 | Cessna 180 | Freedom, Pennsylvania, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 21 Aug 1978 | Cessna 180 | Roanoke, Virginia, United States | - | No injuries | - |
All 2,729 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Apr 1978 | Cessna 150L | Hallandale, Mississippi, United States | Boardman Aviat | Serious injuries | - |
| 3 Jun 1978 | Cessna 310Q | Destin, Florida, United States | Araguel Sander | No injuries | - |
| 29 Apr 1978 | Beechcraft S-35 | Audubon, Iowa, United States | - | Fatal | 5 |
| 29 May 1978 | Piper PA-23 | Longdale, Oklahoma, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
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| 23 Apr 1978 | Piper PA-31 | Arlington, Indiana, United States | - | Fatal | 9 |