Cessna C-182 N7482Q

Summary

On 17 July 2009 at about 21:45 local time, a Cessna C-182 registered N7482Q, operated by Walter Hain, was involved in an accident near Fox Lake, Illinois, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

17 July 2009 at 21:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Fox Lake, Illinois, United States

Coordinates

42.3955, -88.1877

Aircraft

Cessna C-182

Registration

N7482Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Walter Hain

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fox Lake → Fox Lake

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN09CA448

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadequate flight planning and continued flight into adverse weather resulting in the collision with the pier during landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was moving his float-equipped airplane from his pier to the other side of the lake in order to dock at his friend’s pier temporarily. He decided to fly it to the other side of the lake instead of performing a water taxi. He departed into the wind, and during climbout, he encountered heavy rain showers which obscured his forward visibility out the windshield. He executed a downwind landing to the lake by looking out the side window. He reported that during the landing, he could not slow the airplane down enough to avoid hitting a pier. The airplane sustained structural damage to the fuselage.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.