# Incident 19821006061239I: Cessna R182, East Alton, IL, October 6, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 1982, 16:30 local time
- Place: East Alton, IL
- Airport: Alton Civic Memor
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8845° N, 90.1087° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of East Alton, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8845&lon=-90.1087&mi=10
- Aircraft: N736NA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N736NA-1985-08-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R182 (registry code 2072734, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 500 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821006061239I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

RETURNING TO AIRPORT AFTER ENCOUNTERING THUNDERSTORMS PILOT ALLOWED PROPELLER TO HIT RUNWAY. BLAMED CROSSWIND.

## Other reports on N736NA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19821020054519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821020054519A), Oct 20, 1982: Cessna R182 (N736NA), Lemont, IL, Destroyed. Pilot attempted flight in adverse weather. Aircraft accumulated ice and would not maintain altitude.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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