# Accident 20091120022339A: Cessna 182K, Susanville, CA, November 20, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 2009, 12:50 local time
- Place: Susanville, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3878° N, 120.5494° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3878&lon=-120.5494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2650R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2650R-2013-08-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182K (registry code 2072724, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA059) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091120022339A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT DEPARTED RUNWAY 11 AT SUSANVILLE AIRPORT (SVE) IN BLOWING SNOW, WITH AN IFR CLEARANCE TO LODI, CA.  A FEW MINUTES LATER, THE AIRPLANE CRASHED APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES NORTH-EAST OF THE AIRPORT ONTO FARM LAND.  THE PILOT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.

## 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 WPR10LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA059), Nov 20, 2009: Cessna 182K (N2650R), Susanville, CA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to takeoff into weather conditions conducive to ice accumulation, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin while maneuvering in the initial climb. Contributing to the accident…

## Other reports on N2650R (1)

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

- [Incident 19781116026629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781116026629I), Nov 16, 1978: Cessna 182 (N2650R), David City, NE. Precautionary landing made after airframe accumulated ice.

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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