# Accident 20081115854849A: Cessna 182Q, Downers Grove, IL, November 15, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 2008, 23:09 local time
- Place: Downers Grove, IL
- Airport: Brookeridge Air Park
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7325° N, 87.9992° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7325&lon=-87.9992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N759HF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N759HF-2013-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 262 total, 202 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09LA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA061) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081115854849A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 15, 2008, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED FORM LAKE LAWN AIRPORT (C059), LAKE DELAVAN, WISCONSIN, IN A CESSNA 182Q, N759HF, ENROUTE TO BROOKERIDGE AIR PARK (LL22), DOWNERS GROVE, IL.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE WAS ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 27 AT BROOKERIDGE WHEN HE SAW RED OVER RED ON THE VISUAL APPROACH SLOPE INDICATOR (VASI).  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE ADDED FULL POWER ADJUSTED THE FLAPS AND ATTEMPTED TO GO AROUND, HOWEVER HIS AIRCRAFT HIT SEVERAL TREES AND IMPACTED THE GROUND.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A REST EAST OF RUNWAY 27.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LEFT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT BEFORE RESCUE SERVICES ARRIVED.

## 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 CEN09LA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA061), Nov 16, 2008: Cessna 182 (N759HF), Downers Grove, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain a proper glidepath while on final approach in night conditions, due to his impairment from recent use of alcohol, cocaine, and over-the-counter and prescription…

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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