ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236074
Last updated: 16 May 2020
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| Date: | 15-MAY-2020 |
| Time: | 15:19 |
| Type: |  Cessna 120 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N120MZ |
| C/n / msn: | 9226 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Sangamon County, Chatham Township, IL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | St Louis, MO |
| Chicago, IL |
A Cessna 120 experienced a weather related forced landing to farm field terrain northwest Chatham Township, Illinois. The tailwheel equipped airplane came to rest inverted, sustaining substantial empennage damage and the two occupants onboard were not injured.
Sources:
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200515/small-plane-crashes-north-of-chatham-no-injuries-reported
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4pg2mogp1Q
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N120MZ
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N120MZ
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Mansion+Rd+%26+Wagon+Ford+Rd,+Chatham+Township,+IL+62629/@39.6981012,-89.7308301,787m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x887540f0aa7712ad:0x727274f1fbb02921!8m2!3d39.6981012!4d-89.7286414?hl=en-us
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1557150 (photo)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-May-2020 04:31 | Geno | Added |
| 16-May-2020 04:33 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
| 16-May-2020 05:16 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 16-May-2020 09:14 | RobertMB | Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative] |
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