# Accident 20090113009789A: Cirrus SR20, Menomonie, WI, January 13, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 2009, 21:45 local time
- Place: Menomonie, WI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8892° N, 91.9098° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Menomonie, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8892&lon=-91.9098&mi=10
- Aircraft: N495LV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N495LV-2015-05-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR20 (registry code 2130000, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360-ES (registry code 17160, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-es) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS SR20
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 435 total, 102 in this make and model, 66 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090113009789A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N495LV DESTROYED ON IMPACT 5 MILES NORTH OF MENOMONIE WI DURING ENROUTE FROM SHEBOYGAN (SBM), WI TO NEW RICHMOND (RNH), WI.  AIRCRAFT WAS ON INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) FLIGHT PLAN.  AIRCRAFT FUELED IN SBM WITH 18.7 GALLONS.  ENROUTE TO RNH, AIRCRAFT CLEARED TO DESCEND 4000 FEET MEAN SEA LEVEL AND FLY DIRECT TO TADPE, INITIAL APPROACH FOR THE RNAV (GPS) RWY 32 AT RNH.  AIR TRAFFIC ASKED PILOT IF HE WAS ENCOUNTERING ICING CONDITIONS AND THE PILOT REPLIED, "NEGATIVE."  APPROXIMATELY AT 2135, MENOMONIE MUNICPAL AIRPORT (LUM) AUTOMATED WEATHER OBSERVING SYSTEM 3 (AWOS) REPORTED THE FOLLOWING WEATHER.  WINDS 170 DEGREES AT 4 KNOTS, VISIBILITY 10 STATUE MILES, CEILING OVERCAST AT 1100 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL, TEMPERATURE -10 DEGREES CELSIUS DEW POINT -15 DEGREES CELSIUS, ALTIMETER 29.99 INCHES OF MERCURY.  AIRCRAFT LOST ALTITUDE AND RADAR CONTACT APPROXIMATELY AT 2144.  AIRCRAFT IMPACTED INTO A CORN FIELD AND TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET PRIOR TO IMPACTING INTO TREES IN A RAVINE.  PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES.

## 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

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