- Date
- June 7, 1986, 04:57 local (09:57 UTC)
- Place
- Kenosha, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1268ZBeech 55
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860607023609A
- Case key
- 13259
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft was on a positioning flt returning from traverse city, MI, to Kenosha, WI. The reported milwaukee weather was ceiling 300 ft and visibility 2 miles. The pilot was cleared for a VOR 14 approach and given vectors to the final approach course. The pilot reported the final appraoch fix and ground contact at 1280 feet and shortly thereafter,the aircraft struck something. A powerline was severed 3.5 miles northwest of the Kenosha airport at 862 ft MSL. The mda for the approach is 1180 feet MSL. The acft was then vectored to green bay, WI, where it landed without further incident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1268Z
- Reported as
- Beech 55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC-84
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-L, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Kenosha Aero, Inc.
- Registered owner
- James R. Beardsley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- TVC · Traverse City, MI
- Destination
- ENW · Kenosha, WI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ENW · Kenosha, runway 14, 4,100 × 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
- 26
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,800 total · 60 in this make and model · 1,590 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 40° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKE, 22 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.