# Accident 19980831022442A: Cessna 185B, Eau Claire, WI, August 31, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 1998, 19:46 local time
- Place: Eau Claire, WI
- Airport: Chippewa Valley Reg Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8209° N, 91.4909° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8209&lon=-91.4909&mi=10
- Aircraft: N100TS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N100TS-2002-04-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 185B (registry code 2072806, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-185b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 230 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98FA356](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98FA356) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980831022442A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 31, 1998, AT 1946 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 310R, N5056J, PILOTED BY A COMMERCIAL PILOT, AND OPERATED AS NIGHT CHASE CARGO FLIGHT 303 UNDER 14 CFR PART 135, COLLIDED WITH A CESSNA 185B, N100TS, PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. CESSNA N5056J'S PILOT HAD JUST ACTIVATED AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN AND WAS CLIMBING TO ITS ASSIGNED ALTITUDE OF 4,000-FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL. CESSNA N100TS WAS A 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT NOT OPERATING ON A FLIGHT PLAN. WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS IN LEVEL CURISE FLIGHT. BOTH PILOTS WERE FATALLY INJURED. CESSNA 5056J HAD DEPARTED EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN, EXACT TIME UNKNOWN. CESSNA N100TS HAD DEPARTED WISSOTA, WISCONSIN, EXACT TIME UNKNOWN. (-23) ON AUGUST 31, 1998, AT 1946 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 310R, N5056J, PILOTED BY A COMMERCIAL PILOT, AND OPERATED AS NIGHT CHASE CARGO FLIGHT 303 UNDER 14 CFR PART 135, COLLIDED WITH A CESNA 185B, N100TS, PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  CESSNA N5056J'S PILOT HAD JUST ACTIVATED AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN                                                           AND WAS CLIMBING TO ITS ASSIGNED ALTITUDE OF 4,000 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL. CESSNA N100TS WAS A 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT NOT OPERATING ON A FLIGHT PLAN.  WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS IN LEVEL CRUISE FLIGHT.  BOTH PILOTS WERE FATALLY INJURED.  CESSNA 5056J HAD DEPARTED EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN, EXACT TIME UNKNOWN.  CESSNA N100TS HAD DEPARTED WISSOTA, WISCONSIN, EXACT TIME UNKNOWN.

## 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 CHI98FA356](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98FA356), Sep 1, 1998: Cessna 185B (N100TS), Seymour Twp., WI, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilots of both airplanes not maintaining visual separation from the other airplane.

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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