N847CS Van's RV-10 Aviation Accident 2025-06-28
FATAL ACCIDENT (2) - Privately owned Van's RV-10, N847CS, near Capron, IL, June 28, 2025.
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Accident Information
| Approx. Accident Location | Aircraft Fat. | Aircraft Inj. | Ground Fat. | Ground Inj. | ASN Entry |
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| 42°26'29.33"N, 88°44'41.80"W | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Aviation Safety Network |
1Aircraft Information
| Type | Operator | Registration | Serial Number | Manufacture Date |
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| Van's RV-10 | Private | N847CS | 40325 | 2019 |
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On 28 June 2025, at about 15:20 CDT, an experimental Van’s RV-10 (registration N847CS, serial 40325) crashed in a cornfield near the intersection of Capron and Blaine Roads outside Capron, Boone County, Illinois, roughly 90 mi north-west of Chicago. The 2019-built aircraft, registered to a private owner in Grayslake and originally kit-built by Scott M. Wentz, had departed Waukegan Memorial Airport (KUGN) earlier that afternoon on a private flight of undetermined destination. Both occupants - the pilot and a passenger - were found deceased at the scene; their names, ages and genders had not yet been released at the time of reporting.
ADS-B data reconstructed by investigators show the RV-10 climbing away from Waukegan before, approximately 22 minutes into the flight, entering a tightening descending spiral northwest of Capron; ground impact destroyed the airframe and confined the debris to the immediate crater and surrounding crop area. The National Transportation Safety Board is leading the inquiry with support from the FAA and local authorities, focusing on airframe integrity, propulsion, flight-control continuity, weather conditions and pilot factors to establish why the aircraft departed controlled flight. Current evidence indicates an in-flight loss of control - whether due to aerodynamic stall/spin, mechanical failure or pilot disorientation - preceded the ground collision; a final cause will be issued once the NTSB completes its analysis.
This page will be updated as more information becomes available.
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