# NTSB CHI86FA151: Beech 55, N1268Z, Kenosha, WI, June 7, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: June 7, 1986, 04:57 local (09:57 UTC)
- Place: Kenosha, WI
- Coordinates: 42.57936, -87.850341 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5794&lon=-87.8503&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13259
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86FA151
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13259/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86FA151

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, approach - faf/outer marker to threshold (ifr)
  - weather evaluation - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - minimum descent altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1268Z), registered now, S/N TC-84, built 1961 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 55
- Registry model: [Beech 95-55](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-55) (registry code 1152702) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TC-84
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860607023609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860607023609A), Jun 7, 1986: Beech 95B55, Kenosha, WI, Substantial damage. Aircraft descended below mda and struck a wire. The pilot safely recovered the plane and made a missed approach.

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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