Cessna 172 N61558

Summary

On 24 January 1983 at about 01:27 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N61558 was involved in an accident near Rockford, Illinois, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

24 January 1983 at 01:27

Classification

Accident

Location

Rockford, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Rockford (RFD)

Coordinates

42.2694, -89.0601

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N61558

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ironwood → Rockford

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

CHI83FA089

Nobody was injured.

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

THE ACFT COLLIDED INTO THE 2ND FLOOR OF A BUILDING WHILE MAKING AN ILS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 36 AT ROCKFORD, IL. THE WEATHER WAS IMC. AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. A PILOT WEATHER BRIEFING WAS NOT GIVEN. THE PILOT WAS INSTRUMENT RATED. AN APPROACH WAS ATTEMPTED AT JANESVILLE BUT THE LOCALIZER WAS INOPERATIVE AND THE APPROACH WAS DISCONTINUED. THE ACFT WAS THEN VECTORED TO ROCKFORD BUT DURING THE APPROACH WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE BECAUSE OF AIRFRAME ICING. THE ACFT DISAPPEARED FROM RADAR ONE HALF MILE FROM THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.