# NTSB CHI84LA136: Cessna 402C, N2663G, Kenosha, WI, March 21, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 21, 1984, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Kenosha, WI
- Location: 42.5961° N, 87.9273° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KENOSHA RGNL (ENW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5961&lon=-87.9273&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12567
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA136
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12567/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA136

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - slush covered (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,normal brake system - frozen (contributing factor)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2663G-1992-08-13), registration cancelled 1992-08-13, S/N 402C0354 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- Registry model: [Cessna 402C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402c) (registry code 207590R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 412C0354
- Airframe hours: 1286
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840321006869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840321006869A), Mar 21, 1984: Cessna 402CESSNA, Kenosha, WI, Substantial damage. Pilot made downwind landing on slush covered runway because of weather near airport. Aircraft ran off runway.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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