# Accident 19951230042759A: Gulstm 560, Eagle River, WI, December 30, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 1995, 14:43 local time
- Place: Eagle River, WI
- Airport: Eagle River Union Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.9192° N, 89.2491° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.9192&lon=-89.2491&mi=10
- Aircraft: N991PC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N991PC-1996-05-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 560 (registry code 2076750, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-560) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 560
- Reported engine: PWA JT15D4
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 20,500 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI96FA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96FA067) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951230042759A

## Narrative

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

CIRCLING TO LAND. CRASHED SHORT OF RUNWAY. WINGS ROCKING FINAL. AIRFRAME WAS ICED UP. TOO SLOW. DESCENT BELOW MDA. (-23) IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A CIRCLE TO LAND MANEUVER TO RUNWAY 22 AT EAGLE RIVER UNION AIRPORT, EAGLE RIVER, WISCONSIN, N991PC WAS OBSERVED AT AN ALTITUDE APPROXIMATELY 300 TO 400 ABOVE GROUND LEVEL (AGL) IN A VERY STEEP LEFT BANKING TURN. A FEW SECONDS LATER, N991PC WAS OBSERVED IN A RIGHT WING DOWN ATTITUDE. A FEW MOMENTS LATER N991PC WAS OBSERVED CRASHING INTO THE GROUND. AS A RESULT OF THE CRASH, THE TWO PILOTS SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS ONBOARD, AND THERE WAS NO FIRE OR EXPLOSION.

## 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 CHI96FA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96FA067), Dec 30, 1995: Cessna 560 (N991PC), Eagle River, WI, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the failure of the pilot to maintain airspeed while executing the circling approach. Factors were the descent below minimum descent altitude, the fog, the low ceiling and the icing conditions.

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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