# Accident 19990709033389A: Cessna 182E, Menomonee Falls, WI, July 9, 1999 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: July 9, 1999, 16:13 local time - Place: Menomonee Falls, WI - Airport: Aero Park Airport - Damage: Destroyed - Phase of flight: Final Approach - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 43.1394° N, 88.1192° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1394&lon=-88.1192&mi=10 - Aircraft: N2899Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2899Y-2009-03-12) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 182E (registry code 2072712, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182e) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 182E - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 1 - NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99FA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99FA222) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990709033389A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (.19) ON JULY 9, 1999, AT 1613 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 182E, N2899Y, PILOTED BY A COMMERCIAL PILOT, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN FOLLOWING AN IN-FLIGHT COLLISION WITH POWER LINES. THE PILOT WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE BUSINESS FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. THERE WAS NO FLIGHT PLAN ON FILE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE EAST TROY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT NEAR EAST TROY, WISCONSIN, APPROXIMATELY 1545. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING FLOWN TO THE AERO PARK AIRPORT IN MENOMINEE FALLS, WISCONSIN, AFTER HAVING BEEN USED FOR PARACHUTE ACTIVITY AT THE EAST TROY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROX. 0.25 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 23 AT THE AERO PARK AIRPORT. A SERIES OF POWER LINES, LOCATED APPROX. 150 FEET EAST OF THE ACCIDENT SITE AND ORIENTED NORTH/SOUTH, HAD THE UPPERMOST CABLE SEVERED APPROX. 110 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND LEVEL. SHORT SECTIONS OF CABLE, RESEMBLING THOSE FROM THE POWER LINES, WERE FOUND ON THE NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT OF THE AIRCRAFT. EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE WAS CONDUCTED AND CONTROL SYSTEM CONTINUITY WAS ESTABLISHED FROMT HE CONTROL SURFACES TO THE COCKPIT. THE ENGINE WAS EXAMINED AND WAS FOUND TO ROTATE. VALVE TRAIN CONTINUITY WAS ESTABLISHED. THE UPPER SET OF SPARK PLUGS WAS EXAMINED AND NO ANOMALIES WERE FOUND. BOTH PROPELLER BLADES WERE FOUND TO HAVE SCRATCHING IN THE CHORDWISE DIRECTION. ONE OF THE PROPELLER BLADES EXHIBITED AN S-SHAPED BEND. (-23)AIRCRAFT WAS ON FINAL APPROACH TO LAND ON SW RUNWAY AT AERO PARK. AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED FLYING VERY LOW. AIRCRAFT STRUCK UPPER GROUNDING/STATIC LINE ON 345KU TRANSMISSION LINE. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED GROUND IN A VERITICAL ATTITUDE DESTROYING AIRCRAFT AND KILLING PILOT. ## 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 CHI99FA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99FA222), Jul 9, 1999: Cessna 182E (N2899Y), Menominee Falls, WI, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilots failure to maintain adequate clearance. A factor was the static wire. ## Other reports on N2899Y (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 19950820047999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950820047999I), Aug 20, 1995: Cessna 182E (N2899Y), Menomonee Falls, WI. (-23) On August 20, 1995, a Cessna 182E, N2899Y, registered to Cessna aircraft owners inc. and piloted by richard c. dyken, departed Aero Park Airport (76C)… - [Incident 19920718051359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920718051359I), Jul 18, 1992: Cessna 182E (N2899Y), Menomonee Falls, WI. Raiser covered portion of canopy on jump. Unable to cut away main chute. Hit tree and incurred spinal injuries. 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.