42.9608° N, 89.4698° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Fitchburg, WI, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 30, 1994 · 15:34 local
Place
Fitchburg, WI
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N781SA
Reported as
Bell 206L1
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,100 total3,000 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Continued into deteriorating IMC struck a known object. Landed safely.
As the FAA filed it
CONTINUED INTO DETERIORATING IMC STRUCK A KNOWN OBJECT. LANDED SAFELY.