# Accident 20030607028899A: Cessna 172P, Sheboygan, WI, June 7, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 2003, 21:47 local time
- Place: Sheboygan, WI
- Airport: Sheboygan County Memorial Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.7694° N, 87.8519° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7694&lon=-87.8519&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63319, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63319-2009-08-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 115 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03FA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03FA151) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030607028899A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 7, 2003 AT 2147 CDT, A CESSNA 172P, N63319, REGISTERED TO WAUSAU FLYING SERVICE, WAUSAU, WISCONSIN IMPACTED TERRAIN AT THE SHEBOYGAN COUNTY AIRPORT, SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN WHILE DEPARTING SHEBOYGAN FOR A NIGHT FLIGHT BACK TO WAUSAU. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE CONDITIONS WERE RECORDED BY THE SHEBOYGAN ASOA AS 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY DUE TO FOG WITH 100-FOOT VERTICAL VISIBILITY. A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE 14 CFR 91 FLIGHT. THE 150-HOUR PRIVATE PILOT WITH 22 HOURS OF NITH TIME WAS NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. THERE WAS NO FIRE. SUMMARY: THE NORTH SIDE OF THE AIRPORT WAS TOTALLY FOGGED IN AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE ASOS WEATHER DATA WAS NOT BEING BROADCASTING OVER THE VOR. THE ASOS WEATHER DATA MAY NOT HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE TO THE PILOT OF N63319 USING HIS CELL PHONE. BASED ON A REVIEW OF THE RADAR SATORI AND FLIGHT CHECKS IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT GET ABOVE 700 FEET AGL. THE PILOT OF A PIPER CHEROKEE, N9614W, A ^PRIVACY DATA OMITT^ STATED HE WAS ENROUTE FROM STURGEON BAY TO BROOKFIELD, WISCONSIN AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WHEN HE HEARD A TRANSMISSION FROM AN UNKNOWN SOURCE "NON SIMULATED ENGINE OUT, TRYING TO MAKE IT TO SHEBOYGAN" AND THEN A FEW MINUTES LATER "I'M GOING DOWN". INTERVIEWS WITH THE PILOT AND A RE-CREATION OF HIS FLIGHT BASED ON HIS TIMES AND ITINERARY HAVE DETERMINED THAT ^PRIVACY D^ IS NOT A CREDIBLE WITNESS. EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE HAS NOT DISCLOSED ANY MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS WITH THE AIRCRAFT. IT IS SUSPECTED THE PILOT TOOK OFF FROM THAT PORTION OF THE AIRPORT, WHICH HAD BETTER WEATHER CONDITIONS THAN THAT RECORDED AT THE ASOS SITE, BECAME AIRBORNE, FLEW INTO THE FOG, ATTEMPTED TO MAINTAIN VISUAL CONTACT AND THEN LOST CONTROL.

## 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 CHI03FA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03FA151), Jun 8, 2003: Cessna 172P (N63319), Sheboygan, WI, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot failed to maintain control of the airplane after encountering instrument meteorological conditions during takeoff. Factors associated with the accident were the low ceiling, fog and lack of…

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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