# Accident 20190705009229A: Beech A36, Chebanse, IL, July 5, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2019, 13:55 local time
- Place: Chebanse, IL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9919° N, 87.8356° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9919&lon=-87.8356&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1809S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1809S-2022-11-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,670 total, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN19FA210](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19FA210) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190705009229A

## Narrative

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

ON FRIDAY 05 JULY 2019, AT OR ABOUT 1315 CST, A BEECH A36, N1809S, CRASHED IN A WHEAT FIELD 6 MILES SOUTH OF KANKAKEE VALLEY AIRPORT AFTER SUSPECTED ENGINE POWER LOSS. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND POST CRASH FIRE ON RIGHT WING AND DOOR ONLY. THE

ACCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED TO THE OPERATION CENTERS UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 1645 CST. THE INITIAL REPORT TO THE SPRINGFIELD (SPI) FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE (FSDO), WAS OF

3 SERIOUS INJURIES. SPI FSDO DISPATCHED INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO THE ACCIDENT SITE FOR PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION AT 0500 ON SATURDAY, 06 JULY 2019. INSPECTORS WERE NOTIFIED, UPON ARRIVAL AT THE ACCIDENT SITE BY THE IROQUOIS COUNTY SHERIFF?S

DEPARTMENT, THAT 1 PASSENGER DIED AT THE HOSPITAL OVERNIGHT. THE PILOT AND SURVIVING PASSENGER ARE STILL HOSPITALIZED. THE SPI FSDO HAS CONTACTED THE NTSB WHO WAS ENROUTE TO THE CRASH SITE.

## 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 CEN19FA210](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19FA210), Jul 5, 2019: Beech A36 (N1809S), Chebanse, IL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.

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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