# Incident 20240201003549I: Nicholson Bill CHALLENGER II LW, Milwaukee, WI, February 1, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 1, 2024, 16:04 local time
- Place: Milwaukee, WI
- Airport: Lawrence J Timmerman
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1104° N, 88.0344° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAWRENCE J TIMMERMAN (MWC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1104&lon=-88.0344&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4374A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4374A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Nicholson Bill CHALLENGER II LW (registry code 05901WH, https://openairdocs.org/model/nicholson-bill-challenger-ii-lw) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 503 DCDI (registry code 55566, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-503-dcdi) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NICHOLSON BILL CHALLENGER II LW
- Reported engine: ROTAX 503 DCDI
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 2 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240201003549I

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ELSA, WAS CONDUCTING A HIGH SPEED TAXI ON RWY 4L.  AIRCRAFT WAS HIT WITH A GUST OF CROSSWIND AND LIFTED OFF THE GROUND THEN DESCENDED AND MADE CONTACT WITH RUNWAY RESULTING IN LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE.  AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE A SECOND TIME AND STARTED A SLOW LEFT TURN SETLEING INTO THE GRASS ALONG EAST SIDE OF TAXIWAY B, SOUTH EAST OF B1. APPEARED ALL LANDING GEAR WAS STILL ATTACHED TO AIRCRAFT BUT WAS BROKEN.  PILOT WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT, NO REPORTED INJURIES. THERE WAS NO INTENT FOR FLIGHT.

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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