# Incident 20230325006149I: Cessna 441, Eau Claire, WI, March 25, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 2023, 11:27 local time
- Place: Eau Claire, WI
- Airport: Chippewa Valley Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8658° N, 91.4843° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHIPPEWA VALLEY RGNL (EAU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8658&lon=-91.4843&mi=10
- Aircraft: N522MX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 441
- Reported engine: HONEYWELL TPE331-10N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,498 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230325006149I

## Narrative

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

DURING A TRAINING FLIGHT AT KEAU AROUND 12PM ON MARCH 26", 2023, THE PILOT WAS COMPLETING A NO-FLAPS APPROACH ON RUNWAY 04 IN A 1983 CESSNA 441 CONQUEST ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE PILOT STATED HE LANDED THE CONQUEST ON SPEED AND IN THE TOUCH-DOWN ZONE APPROPRIATE WITH THE NO-FLAP PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS. THE PILOT STATES THAT AT AROUND 80KTS DURING HIS LANDING ROLL HE BEGAN TO APPLY REVERSE THRUST. SHORTLY AFTER REVERSE THRUST WAS APPLIED IN BOTH ENGINES, HE FELT A SHIMMY IN THE LEFT WHEEL THROUGH THE RUDDER PEDAL. THE AIRPLANE BEGAN DRIFTING LEFT OF CENTERLINE AND HE WAS COMPENSATING WITH RIGHT PEDAL BRAKING ACTION. SHORTLY

AFTER HE FELT THE LEFT-WING FALL WHICH HE INITIALLY BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN THE TIRE GOING FLAT. THE AIRCRAFT PULLED HARD TO THE LEFT AND HE APPLIED FULL RIGHT BRAKING ACTION AS WELL AS CONTINUED FULL REVERSE THRUST TO COMPENSATE. HE STATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOW VERY LEFT OF CENTERLINE, AND IT WAS INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO CORRECT TO THE RIGHT WITH BRAKING AND THRUST. IT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AND THE LEFT ENGINE PROP SHATTERED A RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT AND BEFORE COMING

TO A STOP THE RIGHT PROP CONTACTED THE NEXT RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT. UPON COMING TOA REST, THE AIRCRAFT ENGINES WERE SECURED VIA THE EMERGENCY SHUT-DOWN PROCEDURE USING THE CONDITION LEVERS AND THEY OBSERVED NO FIRE OR SMOKE FROM THE COCKPIT OR THE ENGINES.

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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