Cessna 172L N4211Q

Summary

On 29 March 1987 at about 22:58 local time, a Cessna 172L registered N4211Q was involved in an incident near Plainfield, Illinois, United States. One person was on board and one died. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

29 March 1987 at 22:58

Classification

Incident

Location

Plainfield, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Clow Int'l (1C5)

Coordinates

41.6102, -88.1996

Aircraft

Cessna 172L

Registration

N4211Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Plainfield → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

IMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

CHI87IA110

1 person died.

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 PILOT DECIDED THE WEATHER WAS NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO FLY, BUT HE WOULD RUN THE ENGINE AND TURN THE TIRES. HE WAS DISCOVERED IN THE PLANE BY OTHER PILOTS AND LATER PRONOUNCED DEAD, FROM CARBON MONOXIDE ASPHYXIATION. THE MUFFLER HAD A 12 INCH CRACK WHICH A METALLURGIST STATED COULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED IN THE 1.1 HOURS SINCE THE PLANE'S ANNUAL INSPECTION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.