Marion – Decatur

On April 26, 1989 at 09:40 PM, Marion – Decatur experienced a crash involving Cessna 208A Caravan, operated by Planemasters, with the event recorded near Decatur Illinois.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Departed Marion without a weather briefing. Pilot advised during approach that last person making approach reported moderate to severe turbulence on final. Subsequently cleared to land and given wind 360 at 30 gusting 40. Also advised that another aircraft reported a 20 knots windshear on final. The pilot reported that when he had descended to 1,500 feet msl, the aircraft encountered strong turbulence and the airspeed went from stall to redline. Despite adjustment to flaps and throttle, the airplane was uncontrollable.

Aircraft reference details include registration N9637F, MSN 208-0120, year of manufacture 1987.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 39.8454°, -88.9524°.