Outagamie County Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Appleton, Wisconsin 54911
Sunday, June 23, 1985 1:15 CDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED FOLLOWING A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING LANDING. THE LANDING WAS MADE ON RWY 21 WITH WINDS FROM 240 DEGS AT 18 KTS GUSTING TO 30 KTS. THE PLT REPORTED THE ACFT DRIFTED LEFT DURING THE LANDING AND SIDE LOADS ON THE LEFT MAIN GEAR RESULTED IN IT COLLAPSING.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 6/23/1985
Event Day of the Week Sunday
Time of Event 115
Event Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Event City APPLETON
Event State WISCONSIN
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 54911
Event Date Year 1985
Event Date Month 6
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport OUTAGAMIE COUNTY
Event Location Nearest Airport ID ATW
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 918
Weather Briefing Completeness Full
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1230 Central Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 60
Weather Observation Facility ID GRB
Elevation of weather observation facility 695
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 25
Time Zone of the weather observation CDT
Lighting Conditions Night/Dark
Lowest Ceiling Height 5000
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Unknown
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Overcast
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 21
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 9
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 240
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 18
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust (knots) 30
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Moderate
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 894
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Jun 24 1985 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1125
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 28121
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 9:15AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N6056N
NTSB Number CHI85LA252
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name BEECH
Aircraft Model BE-19A
Aircraft Series Identifier BE-19A
Aircraft Serial Number MB-380
Certified Max Gross Weight 2200
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 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Mar 1 1985 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours 2304
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name WILLIAM L SELF
Aircraft Owner Street Address 7465 GREINER RD.
Aircraft Owner City KAUKAUNA
Aircraft Owner State WI
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 54130
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
Departure City MADISON
Departure State WI
Departure Country
Departure Time 2100
Departure Time Zone CDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code ATW
Destination City APPLETON
Destination State WI
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:36AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 21
Runway Length 7001
Runway Width 150
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --