# Accident 20251128019209A: Cessna 195, Downers Grove, IL, November 28, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 28, 2025, 12:12 local time
- Place: Downers Grove, IL
- Airport: Brookeridge Air Park
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7322° N, 88.0009° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7322&lon=-88.0009&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4332V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4332V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 195 (registry code 2073102, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jacobs L4 /R755-7 (registry code 35003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-l4-r755-7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 195
- Reported engine: JACOBS L4 /R755-7
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 619 total, 410 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN26LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251128019209A

## Narrative

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

A PASSENGER ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT CAPTURED VIDEO FOOTAGE OF THE LANDING, WHICH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY REVIEWED BY OUR OFFICE.

UPON TOUCHDOWN AT THE DESTINATION, THE VIDEO EVIDENCE REVEALS THAT THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO BOUNCE, EVENTUALLY BOUNCING APPROXIMATELY SIX TIMES, WITH EACH SUCCESSIVE BOUNCE BECOMING MORE PRONOUNCED. THIS BEHAVIOR RESEMBLED A "PORPOISING" EFFECT UPON LANDING.

FOLLOWING THE ESTIMATED SIXTH BOUNCE, THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND MANEUVER. THE VIDEO INDICATES THAT THIS MANEUVER WAS INITIATED WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS AIRBORNE AND POSITIONED OVER THE GRASS TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. SHORTLY AFTER THE GO-AROUND WAS COMMENCED, THE RIGHT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TREE AND DETACHED FROM THE FUSELAGE. THE AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY TUMBLED, IMPACTING THE GROUND AND THE SIDE OF A HOUSE, WHERE IT CAME TO A STOP. THE PASSENGERS WERE ABLE TO EVACUATE THE AIRCRAFT INDEPENDENTLY.

THERE WERE TWO INDIVIDUALS ON BOARD, AND MINOR INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. LEFT WING SEPARATED, FOLDED OVER FUSELAGE AND TWISTED 90 DEGREES. RIGHT WING SEPARATED UPON IMPACT WITH TREE.  ENGINE SEPARATED, RESTING NEXT TO NOSE OF AIRCRAFT. BOTH PROPELLER BLADES SECURE IN HUB. PROPELLER DAMAGE CONSISTANT WITH ENGINE UNDER POWER UPON IMPACT. MAIN LANDING GEAR INTACT.

## 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 CEN26LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA056), Nov 28, 2025: Cessna 195 (N4332V), Downers Grove, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during an attempted go-around.

## Other reports on N4332V (1)

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

- [Accident 19900301004819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900301004819A), Mar 1, 1990: Cessna 195 (N4332V), Garden City, KS, Substantial damage. Lost control on landing and veered into a snowbank.

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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