# Incident 19950113005179I: Beech B60, Waukesha, WI, January 13, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 1995, 19:00 local time
- Place: Waukesha, WI
- Airport: Waukesha County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0410° N, 88.2371° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WAUKESHA COUNTY (UES), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0410&lon=-88.2371&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77DS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B60
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 2,100 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950113005179I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 14, 1995, AT 1900 CST, A BEECH-60, N77DS, REGISTERED TO DANE SCAG COLLIDED WITH POWER LINES ON THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 10 TO WAUKESHA COUNTY AIRPORT, WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, AND AIR TRAFFIC VECTORED AIRCRAFT TO LOCALIZER APPROACH TO RUNWAY 10 AT THE OUTER MARKER. AT FIVE MILES OUT, TOWER CLEARED FOR STRAIGHT IN APPROACH. AT THAT TIME, PILOT HEARD THUMP AND KNEW HE HIT SOMETHING. HE CONTINUED ON DOWN RUNWAY 10, MADE A PROCEDURE TURN AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 28. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE MAIN WHEELS, ROLLED ABOUT 2,000 FEET AND THE NOSE SETTLED ON THE NOSE WHEEL. THE PILOT STATED HE WAS ENROUTE, IFR FROM ATLANTA, GEORGIA, AND MILWAUKEE APPROACH VECTORED HIM TO LOCALIZER RUNWAY 10. AT THE OUTER MARKER, HE CALLED TOWER 5 MILES OUT FOR A LANDING. TOWER SAID 10 WAS THE ACTIVE RUNWAY WITH WIND 3 TO 5. HE ASKED FOR A STRAIGHT IN APPROACH, WHICH WAS GRANTED. AT 2,500 FEET HE SAID HE SAW THE STROBE LIGHTS AND AT THE TIME, TOWER ASKED IF THE STROBES WERE TOO BRIGHT. PILOT STATED THAT THEY WERE TOO BRIGHT AND ASKED TO TURN THEM DOWN. AT THAT TIME MILWAUKEE APPROACH CALLED WAUKESHA TOWER AND GAVE THEM A LOW ALTITUDE ALERT. HE SAID HE THEN HEARD A THUMP AND SAW THAT THE NOSE WAS OUT. HE PULLED UP AND ASKED TOWER IF THEY COULD SEE THE GEAR. THEY STATED IT WAS NOT VISIBLE BECAUSE IT WAS DARK. HE THEN ENTERED THE PATTERN TO LAND ON RUNWAY 28. HE MADE A NORMAL APPROACH, CUT THE ENGINES, CUT ALL POWER AND MADE A LANDING ON THE MAIN GEAR INTENTIONALLY, IN ORDER TO HOLD THE NOSE GEAR OFF AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. THE NOSE FINALLY SETTLED GENTLY ONTO THE RUNWAY AND SLID ABOUT ANOTHER SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON THE NOSE WHEEL FORK. INVESTIGATION REVEALED SLIGHT SKIN DAMAGE TO THE LOWER AND AFT OF THE NOSE CONE, THE LOWER SIDE OF THE NOSE CONE, THE NOSE GEAR FORK AND THE EDGE OF THE NOSE GEAR DOORS.

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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