# Accident 20091123051849A: Cessna 182P, Kewanee, IL, November 23, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 2009, 17:30 local time
- Place: Kewanee, IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1944° N, 89.9603° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1944&lon=-89.9603&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1986M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1986M-2012-08-20) (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
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,263 total, 780 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10FA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10FA057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091123051849A

## Narrative

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

N1986M, A CESSNA 182 PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD WERE ON AN VFR FLIGHT FROM MEMPHIS MEMORIAL AIRPORT, MEMPHIS, MISSOURI (K03D) TO MARSHALL COUNTY AIRPORT, LACON, ILLINOIS (KC75) WHEN HE DIVERTED TO KEWANEE AIRPORT, KEWANEE, ILLINOIS (KEZI) DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED AT KEZI WITHOUT INCIDENT.  HE PICKED UP ONE ADDITIONAL PASSENGER AT KEZI FOR THE FLIGHT BACK TO K03D.  N1986M DEPARTED RUNWAY 9 AT KEZI AT APPROXIMATELY 17:30 CST.  SHORTLY, AFTER TAKEOFF THE PILOT STATED HE BECAME DISORIENTATED AND THAT HE EXPERIENCED VERTIGO. AFTER TAKEOFF THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED IN A CONSTANT 180 DEGREE DESENDING FULL POWER TURN UNTIL IT IMPACTED INTO A CORNFIELD APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE TO THE SOUTH OF KEZI.  THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES.  THERE WERE NO MECHNICAL IRREGULARITIES WITH THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 CEN10FA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10FA057), Nov 23, 2009: Cessna 182P (N1986M), Kewanee, IL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to initiate a visual night flight without recent night flight experience and his failure to maintain altitude during departure.

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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