# Accident 20090717020259A: Cessna 182P, Mchenry, IL, July 17, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 2009, 16:45 local time
- Place: Mchenry, IL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3955° N, 88.1877° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3955&lon=-88.1877&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7482Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7482Q-2014-04-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,508 total, 271 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA448](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA448) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090717020259A

## Narrative

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

PILOT NEEDED TO MOVE THE AIRPLANE BECAUSE HIS BAY WAS GOING TO BE DREDGED.  HE INTENDED TO MOVE THE AIRPLANE TO THE EAST SIDE OF PISTAKEE LAKE.  HE DID NOT PROCURE A WEATHER BRIEFING.  HE HAD ONE PASSENGER WHO HAD NOT FLOWN BEFORE.  DRIZZLE WAS FALLING WHEN HE STARTED AND TAXIED FOR TAKEOFF.  THE WIND WAS FROM THE WEST SOUTHWEST.  HE TOOK OFF TO THE SOUTHWEST.  TAKEOFF SPEED ABOUT 45 KNOTS, CLIMB SPEED ABOUT 80 KNOTS.  AFTER TAKEOFF HE ENCOUNTERED HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS.  HE HAD NO VISIBILITY THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD, DUE TO THE RAIN.  THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND TO THE EAST, DOWNWIND.  SPEED ON LANDING WAS SUCH THAT HE CONTACTED A DOCK AT PISTAKEE MARINA AT A SPEED OF ABOUT 20 KNOTS.  NO INJURIES AND SLIGHT DAMAGE TO THE DOCK.

## 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 CEN09CA448](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA448), Jul 17, 2009: Cessna C-182 (N7482Q), Fox Lake, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate flight planning and continued flight into adverse weather resulting in the collision with the pier during landing.

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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