# NTSB CHI90FAMS3: Cessna 172M, N9529H, Kewaunee, WI, August 14, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Missing aircraft · Final report
- Date: August 14, 1990, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Kewaunee, WI
- Coordinates: 44.460765, -87.510681 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4608&lon=-87.5107&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 5, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14558
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI90FAMS3
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14558/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90FAMS3

## Probable cause

UNDETERMINED.

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, unknown
  - terrain condition - water
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9529H-1991-08-12), registration cancelled 1991-08-12, S/N 17266203 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17266203
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 69; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19900814042869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900814042869A), Aug 14, 1990: Cessna 172M, Kewaunee, WI, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Aircraft became missing. 172 parts found on lake shore and body of pilot and wife. Pilot history of labrynthitis.

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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