# Accident 20080505835559A: Dicken BATHTUB, Brodhead, WI, May 5, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2008, 17:03 local time
- Place: Brodhead, WI
- Airport: Brodhead
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6097° N, 89.3709° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6097&lon=-89.3709&mi=10
- Aircraft: N538, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N538) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dickenson BATHTUB (registry code 056199R, https://openairdocs.org/model/dickenson-bathtub) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Heath Avn B4 (registry code 32501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/heath-avn-b4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DICKEN BATHTUB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA123) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080505835559A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 5, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 CDLT THE PILOT OF AN AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT, DICKERSON BATHTUB, ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 03 AT BROADHEAD AIRPORT, BROADHEAD WI (C37) LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.  VISUAL METEROROLOGICAL CONDITION PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT BROADHEAD AIRPORT WITH THE INTENT OF A SHORT AIRCRAFT FAMILIARIZATION FLIGHT.

## 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 CHI08LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA123), May 5, 2008: Dickenson Bathtub (N538), Broadhead, WI, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during approach, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.

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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