- Date
- August 14, 1990, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kewaunee, WI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N9529HCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900814042869A
- Case key
- 14558
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Probable cause
Undetermined.
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
On or about 8/14/90, the acft departed west bend, WI, on a flt to Washington island, WI. The acft did not arrive & was presumed to have crashed in lake Michigan near Kewaunee, WI. The bodies of the deceased plt & psgr washed ashore & were found later. Also, a piece of wreckage (believed to be from a Cessna 172) washed ashore. The circumstances of the acdnt were not determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9529H
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17266203
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Raymond R. Kuhn
- Departed
- ETB · West Bend, WI
- Destination
- WI47 · Washington Is, WI
- Airport
- NONE
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
- 69
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,100 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- GRB, 27 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.