Cumberland Muni Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Cumberland, Wisconsin 54829
Sunday, November 8, 1987 3:00 CST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

AT 0112 CST, THE PLT TELEPHONED THE FSS & REQUESTED A WX OUTLOOK FOR A 0600 CST DEPARTURE. THE WX BRIEFER ADZD THE WX TO THE SOUTH WAS DETERIORATING & THAT THE DESTN WOULD BE IFR BY ABOUT THE PLANNED DEPARTURE TIME. ALSO, THE BRIEFER SUGGESTED THE PLT COULD DELAY HIS FLT AS A SLOW IMPROVEMENT WAS EXPECTED. AT ABOUT 0130 TO 0200 CST, THE PLT TOOK OFF. DURING ARRIVAL, HE SAW THE ARPT BEACON & CONTD. HOWEVER, THE ACFT SUBSEQUENTLY CRASHED ABOUT 1000' SOUTH OF RWY 9, NEAR THE DEP END. DUE TO HIS INJURIES, THE PLT COULD NOT REMEMBER THE OCCURRENCE. A POLICE OFFICER, WHO RESPONDED TO THE ACDNT, SAID HE HAD TO LIMIT HIS SPEED TO APRX 30 TO 35 MPH DUE TO HVY GROUND FOG. AN EXAM REVEALED THAT DURING IMPACT THE NOSE & LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED; THE PROP, ENG COMPARTMENT, & BOTH WING TIPS WERE DAMAGED; & THE AFT FUSELAGE WAS BROKEN & BENT DOWNWARD BEHIND THE WINGS & CABIN AREA. ABOUT 45 MI SSE AT EAU CLAIRE, WI, THE 2251 CST WX WAS IN PART: 400' OBSCURED, VIS 1.5 MI WITH FOG & DRIZZLE.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 11/8/1987
Event Day of the Week Sunday
Time of Event 300
Event Time Zone Central Standard Time
Event City CUMBERLAND
Event State WISCONSIN
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 54829
Event Date Year 1987
Event Date Month 11
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport CUMBERLAND MUNI
Event Location Nearest Airport ID UBE
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 1239
Weather Briefing Completeness Full
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 2251 Central Standard Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 170
Weather Observation Facility ID EAU
Elevation of weather observation facility 907
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 45
Time Zone of the weather observation CST
Lighting Conditions Night/Dark
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Unknown
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Obscured
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 1
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 7
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 6
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 0
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 0
Wind Velocity Indicator Calm
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Light
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Serious
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious 1
Injury Total All 1
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 2429
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Nov 8 1987 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1500
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 36630
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 2:59PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N6501S
NTSB Number CHI88LA019
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Destroyed
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model 150H
Aircraft Series Identifier 150H
Aircraft Serial Number 15067301
Certified Max Gross Weight 1600
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 2
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Unknown
Date of Last Inspection --
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours --
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Yes
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name TROY A. HOFF
Aircraft Owner Street Address 130 LULU AVE.
Aircraft Owner City ALMENA
Aircraft Owner State WI
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 54805
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code RIE
Departure City RICE LAKE
Departure State WI
Departure Country
Departure Time 130
Departure Time Zone EST
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code UBE
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Descent
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:35AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 9
Runway Length 4400
Runway Width 60
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --