# Incident 20120809018259I: Cessna 402B, Roberts, IL, August 9, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2012, 19:36 local time
- Place: Roberts, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: JAFA
- Location: 40.6148° N, 88.1842° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roberts, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6148&lon=-88.1842&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6387X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6387X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 75 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120809018259I

## Narrative

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

PILOT FLEW INTO THUNDERSTORM AND HAIL CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT AND DIVERSION TO ALTERNATE AIRPORT.

## Other reports on N6387X (1)

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

- [Accident 20040209001309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040209001309A), Feb 9, 2004: Cessna 402B (N6387X), Sturgis, MI, Substantial damage. (-23) On 02/09/04, N6387X, owned and operated by riley aviation, inc. was chartered under FAA part 135 to fly freight from piqua, oh to battle creek, MI (btl).…

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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