# Accident 20050728024089A: Cessna T50, Fond Du Lac, WI, July 28, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2005, 10:30 local time
- Place: Fond Du Lac, WI
- Airport: Fond Du Lac County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.7712° N, 88.4884° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FOND DU LAC COUNTY (FLD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7712&lon=-88.4884&mi=10
- Aircraft: N266C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N266C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T-50 (registry code 2071302, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t-50) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming R680E series (registry code 41545, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-r680e-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T50
- Reported engine: LYC R68013
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 53 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050728024089A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 28, 2005, AT 1030 CDT A CESSNA T-50 N266C RAN OFF RUNWAY 18 FOND DU LAC COUNTY AIRPORT, FOND DU LAC, WI. THE ATP RATED PILOT AND 3 PASSENGERS DID NOT RECEIVE INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE VFR FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR 91, ORIGINATED IN FOND DU LAC, WI WITH THE FINAL DESTINATION OSHKOSH, WI. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON TAKEOFF, AS THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY, HE CUT THE POWER BUT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED LEFT INTO A VASI LIGHT AND ACROSS THE TAXIWAY INTO A DITCH. THE SOFT GROUND IN THE DITCH CAUSED THE LEFT MAIN TO COLLAPSE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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