# Accident 19960810031179A: Beech C23, Wilmot, WI, August 10, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1996, 11:00 local time
- Place: Wilmot, WI
- Airport: Westosha Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5010° N, 88.1790° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5010&lon=-88.1790&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1823Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1823Q-1997-02-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C23 (registry code 1151242, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4K
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,672 total, 250 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI96LA288](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA288) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960810031179A

## Narrative

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

(.4)A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) WAS DEMONSTRATING A SOFT FIELD LANDING AND TAKEOFF TO A STUDENT PILOT. AFTER LANDING, THEY BACK-TAXIED TO THE APPROACH END OF THE 1,480 FOOT TURF RUNWAY AND INITIATED A TAKEOFF. AFTER LIFT-OFF NEAR THE DEPARTURE END, THE AIRPLANE HIT BUSHES AND WOULD NOT MAINTAIN A POSITIVE RATE OF CLIMB. IT THEN SETTLED INTO TREES AND CRASHED. USING THE PILOT OPERATING HANDBOOK, THE GROUND RUN ON A PAVED RUNWAY WAS CALCULATED TO BE 1,276 FEET. TO CLEAR A 50 FOOT OBSTACLE AFTER TAKING OFF FROM A PAVED RUNWAY, THE REQUIRED DISTANCE WAS CALCULATED TO BE 2,211 FEET. (-23) ON AUGUST 10, 1996 AT 1100 CDT A BEECHCRAFT C23, N1823Q COLLIDED WITH TREES DURING TAKE OFF FROM WESTOSHA AIRPORT, WILMONT, WI. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DEMOLISHED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING USED FOR FLIGHT INSTRUCTION BY DON KELLER, UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM WESTOSA AIRPORT AT 1100 CDT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.

## 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 CHI96LA288](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA288), Aug 10, 1996: Beech 23 (N1823Q), Wilmot, WI, destroyed. Probable cause: improper planning/decision by the flight instructor (CFI) by failing to ensure that the airplane would be able to clear brush and trees near the departure end of 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.