# NTSB investigations, 2008, WI

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB CEN09LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA095.md): Cessna 402 · Madison, WI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 17, 2008 · N4504B · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s improper fuel management, which resulted in a loss of engine power during an instrument landing due to fuel exhaustion.
- [NTSB CEN09LA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA093.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-50 · Madison, WI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 3, 2008 · N782NC · Substantial damage
  > The collision between the tug and the airplane during towing as a result of sliding on the snow covered runway.
- [NTSB CEN09CA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA078.md): Cessna 172S · Waukesha, WI · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Nov 26, 2008 · N833SP · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during takeoff and his failure to ensure that the elevator trim was properly set before takeoff. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of autopilot system knowledge.
- [NTSB CEN09FA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09FA070.md): Piper PA46-500TP · Marshfield, WI · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 23, 2008 · N67TE · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during final approach for landing in night, visual meteorological conditions for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB CHI08FA293](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08FA293.md): Robinson R44 II · Kenosha, WI · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 21, 2008 · N999ZD · Destroyed
  > The pilots failure to maintain clearance from terrain resulting in an in-flight collision with a house. Contributing to the accident was the night instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) and the pilot's lack of experience of flying in IMC.
- [NTSB CHI08LA297](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA297.md): Powrachute Pegasus · New London, WI · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 20, 2008 · N7084L · Minor damage
  > The pilot's loss of directional control during landing due to failure of the nose wheel support as a result of an inadequate weld.
- [NTSB CHI08FA282](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08FA282.md): Cirrus Design SR22 · Woodruff, WI · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 12, 2008 · N193BS · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed during a missed approach leading to the inadvertent stall. Contributing to the accident were the pilot’s lack of experience in the type of operation conducted, the certificate holder’s loss of operational control, and…
- [NTSB CHI08LA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA272.md): Socata TB-20 Trinidad · Cassville, WI · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 3, 2008 · N597TB · Substantial damage
  > The left seat pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during a go-around and the inadvertent in-flight opening of the cabin door for undetermined reasons. Contributing to the accident was the distraction of the door opening.
- [NTSB CHI08CA287](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA287.md): Cessna 172M · Three Lakes, WI · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 1, 2008 · N12809 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to attain sufficient altitude to avoid the trees during initial climb. Contributing to the accident were the pilot's failure to ensure the security of the entrance door before takeoff and the unintentional opening of the door.
- [NTSB CHI08LA288](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA288.md): Fantasy Air Sro Allegro 20 · Walworth, WI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 31, 2008 · N1005W · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.
- [NTSB CHI08CA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA241.md): Falk Zodiac HDS-601 · Middleton, WI · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 7, 2008 · N9043A · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind. The crosswind was a factor.
- [NTSB CHI08LA230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA230.md): Cessna 172RG · Tomahawk, WI · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 2, 2008 · N6520R · Substantial damage
  > A total loss of engine power due to a loss of all of the engine's oil as a result of the safety wire on the governor idler gear shaft's oil plug breaking, leading to the oil plug coming unscrewed. Contributing to the accident was the lack of a suitable area…
- [NTSB CHI08CA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA233.md): Ercoupe 415-C · Cedarburg, WI · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 2, 2008 · N93963 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot not maintaining altitude/clearance from the tree during takeoff. Contributing to the accident were the windshear and the tree.
- [NTSB CHI08FA224](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08FA224.md): Moser Georg Lancair Legacy FG · Oshkosh, WI · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 31, 2008 · N515RB · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during approach, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and subsequent loss of control.
- [NTSB CHI08FA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08FA222.md): Piper PA-22 · Oshkosh, WI · Accident · Minor injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 30, 2008 · N3671A · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed while taking off in gusting winds, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and subsequent loss of control.
- [NTSB CHI08LA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA214.md): Bolenbaugh Phillip William Rans S-6ES · Oshkosh, WI · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 27, 2008 · N402PB · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing and subsequent collapse of the nose landing gear.
- [NTSB CHI08LA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA216.md): Cirrus Design SR22 · Watertown, WI · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 26, 2008 · N620SR · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the go-around, resulting in an aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's delayed recovery from the bounced landing.
- [NTSB CHI08LA211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA211.md): Bell 47G-4A · Mayville, WI · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 24, 2008 · N24HM · Minor damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain clearance with the rotating rotor blades after he exited the helicopter after landing.
- [NTSB CHI08CA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA207.md): Tuth RV-3 · Oshkosh, WI · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 24, 2008 · N3149U · Substantial damage
  > The compensation for wind conditions disregarded by the pilot and the inadequate in-flight planning/decision making by the plot during approach to the destination airport. A contributing factor was the quartering tailwind.
- [NTSB CHI08CA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA203.md): Enstrom F28F · Amberg, WI · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 23, 2008 · N8626E · Substantial damage
  > The unsuitable terrain encountered by the pilot during a forced landing following a loss of engine power due to a cylinder head separation. Contributing to the accident was the tree.
- [NTSB CHI08CA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA226.md): American AA-1A · Grantsburg, WI · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 22, 2008 · N9483L · Substantial damage
  > A loss of engine power for an undetermined reason.
- [NTSB CHI08LA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA197.md): Piper PA-28-161 · Sparta, WI · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 19, 2008 · N2133V · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate preflight planning and the pilot's delay in aborting the takeoff. Contributing to the accident was the airplane's overgross weight condition.
- [NTSB CHI08CA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA192.md): Bell 47G-3B · Port Edwards, WI · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 11, 2008 · N73995 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot failed to maintain control of the helicopter when he inadvertently flared the helicopter and the rotor rpm decayed as a result of sustaining bee stings during an aerial application flight. Contributing to the accidnet included the bees and the low…
- [NTSB CHI08CA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA202.md): AB Sportine Aviacija Genesis 2 · Beloit, WI · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 5, 2008 · N58RW · Substantial damage
  > The inadequate visual lookout by the driver of the golf cart and the air/ground communications not available to the golf cart driver during movement onto an active runway while the glider was landing.
- [NTSB CHI08CA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA188.md): Cessna 177A · Rhinelander, WI · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 1, 2008 · N2295Y · Substantial damage
  > The loss of engine power for an undetermined reason. A factor was the berm encountered during the forced landing.
- [NTSB CHI08LA190](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA190.md): de Havilland DHC-6-200 · Baldwin, WI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 29, 2008 · N203SF · Substantial damage
  > Undetermined.
- [NTSB CHI08CA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA173.md): Beech A23A · Sheboygan, WI · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 29, 2008 · N701DW · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper fuel management that led to fuel starvation and the loss of engine power. Contributing to the accident was the drainage ditch.
- [NTSB CHI08FA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08FA172.md): Enstrom Helicopter 480B · Marinette, WI · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 24, 2008 · N480PD · Substantial damage
  > The pilot inadvertently operating the helicopter at a gross weight greater than its maximum allowable operating weight, and flying the helicopter at an airspeed greater than the never-to-exceed speed for the helicopter’s gross weight condition, resulting in…
- [NTSB CHI08CA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA145.md): Cessna 150 · New Berlin, WI · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · May 30, 2008 · N3130V · Substantial damage
  > The loss of engine power due to the pilot's failure to use the carburetor heat during the flight. Contributing factors included the carburetor icing conditions and the trees.
- [NTSB CHI08CA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA130.md): Cessna 150 · Pulaski, WI · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · May 14, 2008 · N22997 · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot's failure to take remedial action in response to a porpoise/pilot-induced oscillation during landing. Factors were the porpoise, the pilot's lack of experience, and the separation of the nose landing gear.
- [NTSB CHI08FA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08FA135.md): Piper PA-28-140 · Stevens Point, WI · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · May 12, 2008 · N1813T · Substantial damage
  > The partial loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB CHI08FA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08FA128.md): Eurocopter Deutschland EC 135 T2+ · La Crosse, WI · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · May 11, 2008 · N135UW · Destroyed
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from trees along the top of a ridgeline due to inadequate preflight planning, insufficient altitude, and the lack of a helicopter terrain awareness and warning system. Member Sumwalt did not approve this brief and…
- [NTSB CHI08CA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA127.md): Cessna 140 · Burlington, WI · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · May 9, 2008 · N89307 · Substantial damage
  > A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. Contributing to the accident was the low altitude at the time of the loss of engine power.
- [NTSB CHI08LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA124.md): Piper PA-25-235 · New Lisbon, WI · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · May 5, 2008 · N4352Y · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain adequate altitude during a course reversal at the completion of an agricultural spray run.
- [NTSB CHI08LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA123.md): Dickenson Bathtub · Broadhead, WI · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · May 5, 2008 · N538 · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during approach, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.
- [NTSB CHI08CA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA114.md): Bardouche Quad City Ultralight · Pulaski, WI · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Apr 4, 2008 · N423V · Substantial damage
  > The loss of engine power during cruise due to the separation of the spark plug because of the loose threads. Contributing to the accident was trees.
- [NTSB CHI08LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA096.md): Cessna 172R · Monroe, WI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 26, 2008 · N724PG · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's decision to land on the wrong runway for the existing wind conditions and his improper recovery from a bounced landing.
- [NTSB CHI08CA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA084.md): Cessna 150G · Viroqua, WI · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Feb 16, 2008 · N10RH · Substantial damage
  > The pilot not maintaining directional control during the landing and the ground loop the pilot encountered. A factor was the crosswind.
- [NTSB CHI08CA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA076.md): American AA-1A · Grantsburg, WI · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Feb 6, 2008 · N9483L · Substantial damage
  > The seizure of the left brake due to a buildup of ice between the rotor and brake pad. Contributing to the accident was the snow and slush covered runway, and the snowbank.
- [NTSB CHI08CA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA073.md): Squier Pauper II · Stockbridge, WI · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Feb 3, 2008 · N70727 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's spatial disorientation while maneuvering after takeoff and his subsequent failure to maintain clearance from the terrain. Contributing factors were the snow-covered lake and overcast clouds, which resulted in the pilot's spatial disorientation due…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE year(c."eventDate") = 2008
  AND c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'WI' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?state=WI&year=2008

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