# Incident 20260406002429I: Miller David L TRI-Q 200, Milwaukee, WI, April 6, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 2026, 16:37 local time
- Place: Milwaukee, WI
- Airport: General Mitchell International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9469° N, 87.8971° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL MITCHELL INTL (MKE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9469&lon=-87.8971&mi=10
- Aircraft: N890DM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N890DM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Miller David L TRI-Q 200 (registry code 05645K5, https://openairdocs.org/model/miller-david-l-tri-q-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MILLER DAVID L TRI-Q 200
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 605 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260406002429I

## Narrative

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

ON 6 APRIL 2026 AT 1625 LOCAL TIME, INCIDENT AIRCRAFT WAS ON SHORT APPROACH TO BATTEN AIRPORT (RAC) WHEN PILOT FOUND HE HAD NO LEFT RUDDER INPUT. PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO GEN MITCHELL AIRPORT (MKE). PILOT CONTACTED MKE APPROACH AND RECEIVED VECTORS FOR VISUAL APPROACH ON RWY 31.  LANDED ON RWY 31 AND ROLLED APPROX. 1000 FT BEFORE GOING OFF RT SIDE OF RUNWAY INTO SOFT GRASS.  APPROX. 150 FEET INTO GRASS NOSE GEAR DUG INTO SOFT TERRAIN AND SEPARATED FROM AIRCRAFT.  PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE TO NOSE GEAR, FORWARD LOWER FUSELAGE, AND AFT EMPENNAGE.  VISUAL METEORLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N890DM (1)

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

- [Incident 20080702841369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080702841369I), Jul 2, 2008: Amtr TRIQ200 (N890DM), Bozeman, MT, Minor damage. (-23) On July 2, 2008, N890DM, at 1748 local time, a privately owned tri-q 200 experimental aircraft, registered to [privacy data omitted], sustained damage to…

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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