# Accident 20081217857419A: Cessna 402B, Madison, WI, December 17, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 2008, 04:52 local time
- Place: Madison, WI
- Airport: Dane County Regional-Truax Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: KCQA
- Location: 43.1397° N, 89.3375° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1397&lon=-89.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4504B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4504B-2017-06-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 300 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081217857419A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ATW AT 0234Z.  AIRCRAFT ARRIVED AT BJB AT 0300Z.  AIRCRAFT ON DOWNWIND LEG AT MKE AT 0318Z.  AT 0318Z ATC INSTRUCTS AIRCRAFT TO TURN AND HOLD AT BJB, MKE IS CLOSING.  AT 0324Z PILOT CONTACTS COMPANY.  AT 0328 ATC ADVISES AIRPORT REOPENING IN 20 TO 25 MINUTES.  AT 0340Z AIRCRAFT REPORT IN THE HOLD.  AT 0342 ATC ADVISES AIRPORT WIL BE OPENING IN 5 MINUTES TO THE HOUR (13 MINUTES).  AT 0406Z ATC CLEARS AIRCRAFT FOR THE 7R APPROACH; AT 0407Z CLEARED TO LAND.  AT 0409 THE AIRPORT CLOSED DUE TO THE SECOND POOR BRAKING REPORT.  AT 0411 ATC INSTRUCTS THE AIRCRAFT TO GO AROUND.  AT 0413Z ATC VECTORS AIRCRAFT FOR RFD (ALTERNATE).  AIRCRAFT REQUESTS MINIMUM VECTORS FOR FUEL.  AT 0424Z MKE ATC COORDINATES WITH RFD AND ADVISES AIRCRAFT IS LOW FUEL BUT HAS NOT DECLARED MINIMUM FUEL.  AT 0428Z AIRCRAFT DECLARED MINIMUM FUEL AND REQUESTS LOC BC 19 RFD AND ADVISES PICKING UP ICE.  AT 0432 AIRCRAFT REQUESTS DISTANCE FROM MSN.  ATC RESPONDS MSN WAS CLOSER BY A COUPLE OF MILES.  AT 0433Z AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED DIRECT TO MSN.  AT 0436Z AIRCRAFT CALLS MSN WITH MINIMUM FUEL.  AT 0445Z AIRCRAFT REQUESTS SHORT APPROACH, MINIMUM FUEL.  AT 0448Z AIRCRAFT IS CLEARED FOR APPROACH AND AND LAND.

## 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 CEN09LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA095), Dec 17, 2008: Cessna 402 (N4504B), Madison, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper fuel management, which resulted in a loss of engine power during an instrument landing due to fuel exhaustion.

## Other reports on N4504B (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19930908033599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930908033599A), Sep 8, 1993: Cessna 402B (N4504B), Eauclaire, PA, Substantial damage. Left engine lost power. Loud bang. Cylinder departed through cowling. Prop drag forced landing. Engine case cracked

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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