Hartford Muni Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Hartford, Wisconsin 53027
Sunday, October 6, 1985 14:00 CDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

N2032 HAD TAKEN OFF, REMAINED IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN, & LANDED. N14JK HAD TAKEN OFF, OBTAINED A RADIO CHECK AT ALTITUDE,DESCENDED AND ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. IMMEDIATELY AFTERLANDING N14JK RAN INTO N2032. N14JK REPORTEDLY MADE TWO RADIO CALLS IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. N2032 WAS EQUIPPED WITH A RADIO; HOWEVER, IT WAS REPORTED INOPERATIVE.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 10/6/1985
Event Day of the Week Sunday
Time of Event 1400
Event Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Event City HARTFORD
Event State WISCONSIN
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 53027
Event Date Year 1985
Event Date Month 10
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? Yes
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport HARTFORD MUNI
Event Location Nearest Airport ID C31
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 1070
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Pilot
Time of the weather observation 0
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID
Elevation of weather observation facility 0
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 30
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 16
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 270
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 8
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust (knots) 12
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) --
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
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 2
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 1905
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date --
NTSB Notification Time 0
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information
Date of most recent change to record Apr 7 2001 12:43PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft #2

Aircraft Registration Number N14JK N2032
NTSB Number CHI86LA005A CHI86LA005B
Missing Aircraft Indicator N N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None None
Flight plan Was Activated? -- --
Damage Minor Destroyed
Aircraft Fire None None
Aircraft Explosion None None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name TODD Anderson Aircraft Corp.
Aircraft Model PITTS MINI ACE CA-61
Aircraft Series Identifier PITTS MINI ACE C
Aircraft Serial Number L16572-36A 1504
Certified Max Gross Weight -- --
Aircraft Category Airplane Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? Yes Yes
Flight Crew Seats -- --
Cabin Crew Seats -- --
Passenger Seats -- --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 2 --
Number of Engines 1 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual Unknown
Date of Last Inspection Sep 1 1985 12:00AM Oct 11 1984 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection -- --
Airframe Hours 701 40
ELT Installed No No
ELT Activated No No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No No
ELT Type -- --
Aircraft Owner Name TODD AERO, INC. ALLEN L. BRUGGINK
Aircraft Owner Street Address 34819 W. FAIRVIEW 5302 N 73 ST.
Aircraft Owner City OCONOMOWOC MILWAUKEE
Aircraft Owner State WI WI
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 53066 53218
Operator is an individual? -- --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As -- --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No No
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown 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 Personal
Second Pilot on Board No No
Departure Point Same as Event Yes Yes
Departure Airport Code
Departure City
Departure State
Departure Country
Departure Time 1350 1348
Departure Time Zone CDT CDT
Destination Same as Local Flt dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing Landing
Report sent to ICAO? -- --
Evacuation occurred -- --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:36AM Oct 10 2002 3:30PM
User who most recently changed record dbo dbo
Since inspection or accident -- --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 29 29
Runway Length 3000 3000
Runway Width 75 75
Sight Seeing flight No No
Air Medical Flight No No
Medical Flight -- --