# Incident 20120402004549I: Cessna 414A, Sturgeon Bay, WI, April 2, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 2012, 17:56 local time
- Place: Sturgeon Bay, WI
- Airport: Door County Cherryland Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8437° N, 87.4215° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DOOR COUNTY CHERRYLAND (SUE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8437&lon=-87.4215&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53WT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53WT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414A (registry code 2075907, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120402004549I

## Narrative

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

PILOT BECAME INCAPACITATED NEAR HIS DESTINATION OF SUE FROM A HEART ATTACK. AN UNCERTIFICATED PASSENGER, HIS SPOUSE, TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND LANDED IT AT SUE. UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP ON THE MAIN GEAR AND RADOME.

## Other reports on N53WT (1)

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

- [Accident 20070505009169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070505009169A), May 5, 2007: Cessna 414A (N53WT), Sturgeon Bay, WI, Substantial damage. (-23) On may 5, 2007, at approximately 1900 hours the pilot of a Cessna 414A overshot runway 20 at the Cherryland airport, Sturgeon Bay, WI and continued…

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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