# Accident 20121017023939A: Beech A36, Wausau, WI, October 17, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 2012, 08:20 local time
- Place: Wausau, WI
- Airport: Wausau Downtown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9264° N, 89.6269° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9264&lon=-89.6269&mi=10
- Aircraft: N121VP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N121VP-2014-09-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,155 total, 326 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121017023939A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 17, 2012 AT 7:57 MINNEPOLIS CENTER LOST CONTACT WITH THE PILOT OF N121VP AS HE WAS CLEARED FOR A GPS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 12 AUW, WAUSAU, WI.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED 690 FEET SHORT OF AUW RUNWAY 12. THE IFR RATED PILOT RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PART 91 BUSINESS FLIGHT FROM WAUKASHA WI TO WAUSAU WI.  INSTRUMENT METEROLOGICAL PERVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.THE PILOT STATED THAT HE REGULARLY PRICTICES APPROACHES AND ALWAYS SETS THE DECISION ALTITUDE AND LOWERS THE GEAR AT THE FINAL APPROACH FIX. HE FEELS HE FOLLOWWED THAT PROCEDURE BUT DIDN'T HEAR THE AURAL DECISION ALTITUDE ALERT. HE THINKS HE WAS CONFIGURING THE AIRCRAFT FOR A MISSING APPROACH JUST PRIOR TO IMPACT.

## 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 CEN13LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA016), Oct 17, 2012: Beech A36 (N121VP), Wausau, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to attempt an instrument approach in meteorological conditions below approach minimums and his failure to properly execute a missed approach.

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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