# Accident 19960312003929A: Cessna 172D, Camp Lake, WI, March 12, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 1996, 12:45 local time
- Place: Camp Lake, WI
- Airport: Camp Lake Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5278° N, 88.1561° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAMP LAKE (49C), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5278&lon=-88.1561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2966U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2966U-2012-09-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172D (registry code 2072410, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI96LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA105) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960312003929A

## Narrative

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

MADE A LOW PASS AND HIT A TREE EAST OF RUNWAY, CAME TO REST IN A FIELD. (-23) CESSNA 172, N2966U SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AFTER STRIKING A TREE WHILE MAKING A LOW PASS OVER RUNWAY 18 AT THE CAMP LAKE AIRPORT (C49), CAMP LAKE, WISCONSIN ON MARCH 12, 1996. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, MARC WENBORG, WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST HEADING SOUTH APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET SOUTH OF THE TREE. BOTH WINGS, THE ENGINE, PROPELLER AND NOSE GEAR WERE DAMAGED. MR. WENBORG STATED HE HAD DEPARTED THE KENOSHA, WISCONSIN AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 1145 ON A LOCAL FLIGHT. HE STATED OVER THE CAMP LAKE AIRPORT, HE SIMULTED AN ENGINE FAILURE AND SPIRALED DOWN OVER THE AIRPORT. HE STATED HE MAKE A LOW PASS TO THE SOUTH, AND THEN CAME AROUND FOR A SECOND LOW PASS. HE STATED HE WAS NOT INTENDING TO LAND BECAUSE THE RUNWAY WAS WET. MR. WENBORG STATED HE COULD NOT RECALL HITTING THE TREE. HE STATED THERE WAS NO MECHANICAL PROBLEM WITH THE AIRCRAFT. MR. EDWARD SIMPSON, THE AIRPORT MANAGER STATED HE WAS WORKING IN A HANGAR OFF THE WEST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. HE STATED HE HEARD THE AIRCRAFT ON BOTH PASSES AND THE    ENGINE SOUNDED NORMAL. INSPECTOR KRUEGER OF THE MILWAUKEE FDSO INSPECTED THE WRECKAGE AT APPROXIMATELY 1430 ON MARCH 12, 1996. AT THAT TIME IT WAS NOTED THAT THERE WAS A SLIGHT RIGHT CROSSWIND ON RUNWAY 18.

## 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 CHI96LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA105), Mar 12, 1996: Cessna 172 (N2966U), Camp Lake, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: Failure of the pilot to maintain clearance from trees that were located beside the runway.

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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