- Date
- February 26, 1986, 05:16 local (11:16 UTC)
- Place
- Janesville, WI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N723TBeech G18S
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860226006879A
- Case key
- 13242
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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.
Analysis
The aircraft impacted the ground about 1,000 ft to the left of the runway. The pilot stated that he did not have visual contact with the ground & remembers attempting to make a missed approach. Conditions were IMC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N723T
- Reported as
- Beech G18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BA579
- Airframe hours
- 11,676
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Richard J. Wixom
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Unknown · December 17, 1985 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- Detroit, MI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- JVL · Janesville/Rock Co., runway 4, 6,701 × 150 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 15,000 total · 5,700 in this make and model · 50 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 160° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JVL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N723T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.