- Date
- November 28, 2025, 12:12 local (18:12 UTC)
- Place
- Downers Grove, IL
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4332VCessna 195
- Defining event
- Approach-VFR go-around: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 2026
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20251128019209A
- Case key
- 202080
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during an attempted go-around.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that after completing a 1-hour local flight, he entered the traffic pattern to land on runway 27. An automated weather report from an airport 9 miles away reported the wind from 300° at 10 knots. During final approach he confirmed that the airport’s windsock position was consistent with 300°. After touch down, the airplane bounced multiple times, but he maintained directional control. However, about halfway down the runway, he was uncertain if he would be able to stop the airplane on the remaining runway, so he initiated a go-around. During the climb, the airplane yawed left and collided with a tree then impacted the ground. The collision with tree and ground impact resulted in substantial damage to the wings, fuselage, and engine mount. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4332V
- Reported as
- Cessna 195
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7238
- Built
- 1948
- Airframe hours
- 3,769.5
- Engine
- Jacobs R755-A2, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kenaga Michael L
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 9, 2025 · 47 hours before
- Departed
- LL22 · Downers Grove, IL
- Destination
- LL22 · Downers Grove, IL
- Airport
- LL22 · Brookeridge Air Park, runway 09/27, 2,813 × 40 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Onboard weather, Handheld GPS, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, ADS-B
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 68
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- August 25, 2025
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 618.2 total · 409.8 in this make and model · 529.6 as pilot in command · 32.1 in the last 90 days · 2.5 in the last 30 days · 1.2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 9 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 14 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.39 inHg
- Observed at
- KLOT, 9 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KLOT 281746Z 28009G15KT 260V320 10SM FEW050 M01/M10 A3039=
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 12, 2026, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 7.0 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N4332V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.