CHI84LA136

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 402C · Kenosha, WI · March 21, 1984

Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal report
Date
March 21, 1984, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
Place
Kenosha, WI
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N2663GCessna 402C
Weather
Instrument (IMC) · Day
Status
Completed
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19840321006869A
Case key
12567

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Sequence of events

NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.

OverrunLanding - roll
Weather condition - tailwindFactor
Wrong runway - selectedPilot in commandCause
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - slush coveredFactor
Landing gear,normal brake system - frozenFactor
Nose gear collapsedLanding - roll
Landing gear,nose gear - overload

Analysis

The acft ran off the rwys end after the plt landed downwind to avoid flying through a 'wall of precipation'. During the rollout in slush the brakes froze. The nose gear settled in mud and collapsed.

Aircraft

Registration
N2663G
Reported as
Cessna 402C
Category
Airplane
Serial number
412C0354
Airframe hours
1,286
Engine
Continental TSIO-520 VB, 325 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Part 135
Registered owner
Superior Aviation
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Last inspection
100 hour · December 23, 1983 · 60 hours before
Departed
IMT · Iron Mountain, MI
Flight plan
IFR
Airport
ENW · Kenosha Municipal, runway 14, 4,200 × 75 ft, asphalt

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

Role
Pilot
Age
58
Certificates
Commercial, Airline transport
Airplane ratings
Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land
Instrument ratings
Airplane
Medical
Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
Seat
Left
Flight hours
19,605 total · 3,525 in this make and model · 19,770 as pilot in command · 164 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours

Weather

Conditions
Instrument (IMC) · Day
Wind
310° at 10 knots
Lowest ceiling
500 ft overcast
Altimeter
29.00 inHg
Observed at
MKE, 21 nm away

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.