Mauston-New Lisbon Union Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

New Lisbon, Wisconsin 53950
Monday, October 14, 1985 7:23 CDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

ACCORDING TO THE PLT, ACFT PREFLIGHT, ENGINE RUNUP AND WARM UP WERE NORMAL. TAKEOFF AND INITIAL CLIMB UP TO APPROX 300 FT AGL WERE NORMAL ALSO. AT THIS POINT THE ENGINE QUIT AND THE PLT PERFORMED A FORCED LANDING IN A CLOVER FIELD BELOW HIM. THE ACFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING THE FORCED LANDING. FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENT THE ENGINE WAS TEST-RUN ON A TEST BENCH UP TO 2500 RPM. THE ONLY DISCREPANCY NOTED WAS THAT THE ENGINE RAN ROUGH ON THE LEFT MAGNETO.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 10/14/1985
Event Day of the Week Monday
Time of Event 723
Event Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Event City NEW LISBON
Event State WISCONSIN
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 53950
Event Date Year 1985
Event Date Month 10
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport MAUSTON-NEW LISBON UNION
Event Location Nearest Airport ID 82C
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 910
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 651 Central Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 270
Weather Observation Facility ID LSE
Elevation of weather observation facility 654
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 40
Time Zone of the weather observation CDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 7000
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Unknown
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 15
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 9
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 7
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 10
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 3
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
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 2
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious 1
Injury Total All 3
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 2710
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Oct 14 1985 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 925
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 30424
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 N6060E
NTSB Number CHI86LA010
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 BEECH
Aircraft Model K35
Aircraft Series Identifier K35
Aircraft Serial Number D6020
Certified Max Gross Weight 2900
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 5
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection May 31 1985 12:00AM
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 WILLIS J. BIRES
Aircraft Owner Street Address RT 2, BOX 240
Aircraft Owner City CAMP DOUGLAS
Aircraft Owner State WI
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 54618
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 Yes
Departure Airport Code 82C
Departure City
Departure State
Departure Country
Departure Time 720
Departure Time Zone CDT
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code
Destination City OSHKOSH
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 0
Runway Length --
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --