Date:	Monday 22 July 1974
Time:	16:03 LT
Type:	Piper PA-30-160 Twin Comanche B
Owner/operator:	Illinois Aviation
Registration:	N8724Y
MSN:	30-1877
Year of manufacture:	1969
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Illini Airport, Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois -   United States of America
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	Illini Airport, Urbana, Illinois (FAA LID: C16)
Destination airport:	Illini Airport, Urbana, Illinois (FAA LID: C16)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Written off (destroyed) June 22, 1974 when stalled and spun into the ground whilst circling in the traffic approach pattern to Runway 9/27 during a local instructional check flight to and from Illini Airport, Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois (at approximate co ordinates 40°08′47″N 88°11′55″W). Both persons on board (crew of two - instructor and pilot under training) were killed. According to the official NTSB report into the accident, the cause of the crash was "undetermined"

NOTE: In 1980, Illini Airport was acquired by Frasca Air Service, and the name was changed to Frasca Field.

1. NTSB Identification: CHI75AC010 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=40676&key=0
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=8724Y
3. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/il/N8724Y/
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frasca_Field

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
25-Feb-2008 12:00	ASN archive	Added
05-Feb-2017 15:40	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]