# Accident 19980804022119A: Cessna A185F, Phillips, WI, August 4, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1998, 09:00 local time
- Place: Phillips, WI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6893° N, 90.3891° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6893&lon=-90.3891&mi=10
- Aircraft: N888KS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N888KS-2012-12-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98FA344](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98FA344) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980804022119A

## Narrative

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

ACFT WAS REPORTED MISSING ON 08/04/98 AND THE WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED ON 08/26/98. THE 2 POB SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES. THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED.  (.19)ON AUGUST 4, 1998, AT 0900 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME (CDT), A CESSNA A185F, N888KS, OWNED AND OPERATED BY AN INSTRUMENT RATED COMMERCIAL PILOT, WAS OBSERVED TO DEPART SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN, WITH THE INTENDED DESTINATION OF GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN.  THE AIRPLANE, PILOT AND PASSENGER HAVE BEEN MISSING SINCE THAT TIME.  A SEARCH DID NOT LOCATE EITHER THE AIRPLANE OR THE PILOT AND PASSENGER.  THE PERSONAL 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT WAS OPERATING IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS ON FILE.  THE AIRPLANE IS PRESUMED DESTROYED AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER ARE PRESUMED TO HAVE SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.                                                                       (-23) ON AUGUST 4, 1998, AT 0900 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME (CDT), A CESSNA A185F, N888KS, OWNED AND OPERATED BY AN INSTRUMENT RATED COMMERCIAL PILOT, WAS OBSERVED TO DEPART SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN, WITH THE INTENDED DESTINATION OF GREN BAY, WISCONSIN.  THE AIRPLANE, PILOT AND PASSENGER HAVE BEEN MISSING SINCE THAT TIME.  A SEARCH DID NOT LOCATE EITHER THE AIRPLANE OR THE PILOT AND PASSENGER. THE PERSONAL 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT WAS OPERATING IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS ON FILE.  THE AIRPLANE IS PRESUMED DESTROYED AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER ARE PRESUMED TO HAVE SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.  ON AUGUST 27, 1998, WRECKAGE OF THIS AIRCRAFT N888KS WAS FOUND IN A DENSELY WOODED AREA NEAR PHILLIPS, WISCONSIN.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD STRUCK NUMEROUS MATURE TREES AS IT ENTERED THE WOODED AREA.  PILOT AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES AND WERE LOCATED WITHIN THE WRECKAGE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY FLIGHT INTO THE TREES AND POST ACCIDENT FIRE.

## 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 CHI98FA344](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98FA344), Aug 4, 1998: Cessna A185F (N888KS), Phillips, WI, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate altitude/clearance with trees. Contributing factors were fog, rain showers, and the trees.

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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