# Accident 20090409003839A: Cessna 182T, Stigler, OK, April 9, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 2009, 16:15 local time
- Place: Stigler, OK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2303° N, 95.1264° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2303&lon=-95.1264&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1491D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1491D-2017-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182T (registry code 2072703, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-AB1A5 (registry code 41808, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-ab1a5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 151 total, 80 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09LA247](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA247) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090409003839A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  ON APRIL 9, 2009, N1491D CRASHED DURING TAKEOFF FROM THE PILOT'S FATHER'S PRIVATE SOD RUNWAY.  IT WAS REPORTED BY THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS THAT THERE WAS A WIND SHIFT DURING TAKE OFF.  THE WIND WAS GENERALY FROM THE NW AND AT TAKEOFF THE PILOT REPORTED THE WIND SWITCHED TO THE SE.  THE RUNWAY HAD NOT BEEN CUT BUT THE PILOT REPORTED HE DID NOT EXPERIENCE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE RUNWAY.

## 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 CEN09LA247](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA247), Apr 9, 2009: Cessna 182T (N1491D), Stigler, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of directional control during takeoff. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's decision to take off with 40-degrees of flaps and with a tailwind.

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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