# Incident 20260702009429I: Mike And Harriet Wilson ZENAIR CH-750 CRUZER, Neenah, WI, July 2, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 2026, 15:40 local time
- Place: Neenah, WI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.1646° N, 88.4800° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Neenah, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1646&lon=-88.4800&mi=10
- Aircraft: N751PM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N751PM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mike And Harriet Wilson ZENAIR CH-750 CRUZER (registry code 05642B9, https://openairdocs.org/model/mike-and-harriet-wilson-zenair-ch-750-cruzer) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Viking 130 (registry code 63998, https://openairdocs.org/engine/viking-130) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MIKE AND HARRIET WILSON ZENAIR CH-750 CRUZER
- Reported engine: VIKING 130
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260702009429I

## Narrative

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

PILOTS STATMENT WAS THAT THE FLIGHT WAS PLANNED FROM MANITOWISH WATERS AIRPORT (D25) TO WAUKEGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT (KUGN) WITH A DEPARTURE EARLY AFTERNOON ON THURSDAY 2 JULY 2026. DEPARTURE FUEL WAS 25 GALS OR APPROXIMATELY 5+ HOURS OF AUTONOMY, AND THE ESTIMATED FLIGHT TIME WAS 2+45. WEATHER WAS VFR FOR THE ENTIRE ROUTE WITH A COLD FRONT TO THE WEST OF OUR ROUTE OF FLIGHT MOVING TO THE EAST.

ROUGHLY AN HOUR AND A HALF LATER AT AN ALTITUDE OF 7500 FEET WITHOUT ANY OTHER WARNING SIGNS THE ENGINE ABRUPTLY DECELERATED FROM 4800 TO 1340 RPM. THE FEEDER TANK INDICATED FULL, BOTH BATTERIES AND FUEL PUMPS WERE RECYCLED AND LEFT ON, THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND TO THROTTLE INPUTS. I SLOWED TO 60 KIAS WHILE TUNING TOWARD APPLETON INTERNATIONAL (KATW). I WAS FLYING OVER (BUT COULD NOT GET EYES ON) COURTNEY PLUMMER AIRPORT. BRENNAND AIRPORT WAS ALSO A POSSIBLE SOLUTION BUT COULD NOT BE LOCATED EITHER. MEANWHILE I CONTINUED TOWARD APPLETON AND CONTACTED THE TOWER ON 119.6.

AT 4500’ THE ENGINE FAILED COMPLETELY AND THE PROPELLER STOPPED. I ATTEMPTED A RESTART SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT SUCCESS WHILE THE APPLETON TOWER AND I DISCUSSED MY PREDICAMENT. THEY HAD ME ON RADAR AND SUGGESTED

BRENNAND AIRPORT, BUT I STILL COULD NOT LOCATE IT. AND IT WAS CLEAR THAT I COULD NOT MAKE APPLETON INTERNATIONAL. I BEGAN A TURN TOWARDS BRENNAND BASED ON THE TOWER’S HEADING BUT GAVE UP AND BEGAN TO LOOK FOR ROADS.

I WAS BASICALLY LINED UP ON GREEN MEADOW RD AIMING FOR THE INTERSECTION OF GREEN MEADOW AND OAKRIDGE RD. I ASKED THE APPLETON TOWER FOR THE WINDS WHICH HE INDICATED WERE WESTERLY AT 12KTS, AND I OPTED FOR OAKRIDGE RD ON A WESTERLY HEADING WITH A TOUCHDOWN WEST OF GREEN MEADOW TO AVOID A TELEPHONE LINE CROSSING OAKRIDGE AT THAT INTERACTION. AS I RECALL I WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN 60 KIAS OVER THE TELEPHONE LINE, BUT AS I

BEGAN THE FLARE I WAS UNABLE TO COMPLETELY STOP THE DESCENT AND WE HIT HARD IN A NOSE UP ATTITUDE CAUSING THE NOSE WHEEL TO SLAM DOWN AND FAIL. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDING ON THE EXHAUST PIPE AND DRIFTED LEFT OF THE ROAD.

DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE PICTURES THAT WERE PROVIDED WAS RESTRICTED TO THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE WITH DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND LOWER ENGINE COWL.

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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