# Accident 19900116000909A: Cessna 402B, Appleton, WI, January 16, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 1990, 20:38 local time
- Place: Appleton, WI
- Airport: Outagamie County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EATA
- Location: 44.2603° N, 88.3897° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2603&lon=-88.3897&mi=10
- Aircraft: N87163, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N87163-1990-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520EB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,920 total, 425 in this make and model, 230 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI90FA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90FA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900116000909A

## Narrative

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

IMPACTED GROUND SHORT OF RUNWAY AT NIGHT IN HEAVY RAIN FOG AND STRONG WIND.

## 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 CHI90FA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90FA065), Jan 17, 1990: Cessna 402B (N87163), Appleton, WI, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S DECISION TO CONTINUE FLIGHT INTO KNOWN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS RESULTING IN A WINDSHEAR ENCOUNTER WITH INSUFFICIENT ALTITUDE FOR RECOVERY. THE EXISTING ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE…

## Other reports on N87163 (1)

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

- [Incident 19880928056619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880928056619I), Sep 28, 1988: Cessna 402B (N87163), Big Rapids, MI, Minor damage. Hit a deer on landing roll. Deer tore off pitot tube and prop hit deer.

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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