# NTSB CHI86FA092: Beech G18S, N723T, Janesville, WI, February 26, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: February 26, 1986, 05:16 local (11:16 UTC)
- Place: Janesville, WI
- Location: 42.6203° N, 89.0416° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOUTHERN WISCONSIN RGNL (JVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6203&lon=-89.0416&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13242
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86FA092
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13242/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86FA092

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, missed approach (ifr)
  - decision height - below, pilot in command (cause)
  - missed approach - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - motivation, pilot in command
  - weather condition - obscuration (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - light condition - dawn

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N723T-1987-10-30), registration cancelled 1987-10-30, S/N BA579 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH G18S
- Registry model: [Beech G18S](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-g18s) (registry code 1151010) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: BA579
- Airframe hours: 11676
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860226006879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860226006879A), Feb 26, 1986: Beech G18S, Janesville, WI, Destroyed. Shot ILS approach, impacted ground during missed approach. No malfunction found on airplane or ground facility.

## Other investigations on N723T (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI81IA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81IA049), Apr 16, 1981: Beech G18S (N723T), Chicago, IL, incident, minor damage

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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