# Accident 20050521012389A: Cessna R182, Vandalia, IL, May 21, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 2005, 08:45 local time
- Place: Vandalia, IL
- Airport: Vandalia Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9914° N, 89.1661° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9914&lon=-89.1661&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7361Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7361Y-2013-08-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R182 (registry code 2072734, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 26,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA122) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050521012389A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS DEPARTING RUNWAY 36 IN VANDALIA, IL AT 8:45 LOCAL TIME. A WITNESS STATES THAT ABOUT TWENTY SECONDS AFTER TAKEOFF THE AIRCRAFT TURNED TO THE LEFT AT A 90 DEGREE BANK ANGLE FOR ABOUT 10 SECONDS AND THEN DISAPPEARED. A FEW SECONDS LATER A CLOUD OF DUST AROSE. THE WITNESS THEN IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED THE FBO. THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT SUSTAINED SEVERE INJURIES BUT WAS CONSCIOUS. HE WAS AIR LIFTED TO A HOSPITAL IN ST. LOUIS. WINDS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WERE REPORTED TO BE EASTERLY AT 7 KTS. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A BEAN FIELD LEFT WING DOWN FOLLOWED BY THE FUSELAGE. IT APPEARED THAT THE AIRCRAFT SLID SIDEWAYS AND ROCKED ONTO THE RIGHT WING BEFORE COMING TO REST.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI05LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA122), May 21, 2005: Cessna R182 (N7361Y), Vandalia, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane due to undetermined reasons.

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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