Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Minocqua Woodruff Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Woodruff, Wisconsin
Saturday, May 28, 1983 17:00 CDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE PLT WAS BRIEFED ON THE WX BEFORE DEPARTING WAUKEGAN, IL. AT THE DESTINATION, WOODRUFF, WI, THE WX WAS FORECASTED TO BE VFR, EXCEPT FOR LIGHT RAIN & THE CHANCE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. WHILE EN ROUTE, THE PLT CHECKED ON THE WX & SPOKE WITH ANOTHER PLT THAT HAD JUST FLOWN ALONG HER INTENDED ROUTE. THE DESTINATION ARPT REMAINED VFR AS FORECASTED. BEFORE ARRIVAL, THE ACFT ENTERED CLOUDS & PROCEEDED INTO AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE PLT REPORTED HER RADAR WAS PAINTING HEAVY CELLS OVER THE ARPT & IN ALL DIRECTIONS, THEN STARTED TO DIVERT. SHORTLY AFTER REVERSING COURSE, THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED A STRONG DOWNDRAFT. THE PLT ADDED POWER & RAISED THE NOSE. SHE REPORTED 'WE WERE PULLED UP INTO A STALL.' AT THIS POINT, THE ACFT ENTERED A NEAR VERTICAL DIVE. DURING RECOVERY, THE LEFT WING HIT A TREE, BUT THE ACFT CONTINUED TO FLY. BY THEN, THE ACFT WAS OUT OF THE CLOUDS & THE PLT FLEW TO THE ORIGINAL DESTINATION & LANDED. DURING THE LANDING, THE LEFT GEAR WAS 'SHUTTERING.' THE ACFT THEN BEGAN TO SKID, WENT OFF RWY & THE LEFT GEAR FAILED.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 5/28/1983 |
| Event Day of the Week | Saturday |
| Time of Event | 1700 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Daylight Time |
| Event City | WOODRUFF |
| Event State | WISCONSIN |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | |
| Event Date Year | 1983 |
| Event Date Month | 5 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | MINOCQUA WOODRUFF |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | ARV |
| 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 | 1628 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Full |
| Investigator's weather source | Unknown |
| Time of the weather observation | 1540 Central Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 270 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | RHI |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 1608 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 25 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 1000 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 600 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Thin Broken |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Overcast |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 3 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 13 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 12 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 260 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 5 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| 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 | 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 | 5 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 1834 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | 0 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 22104 |
| 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 |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N2164X |
| NTSB Number | CHI83LA233 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | PIPER |
| Aircraft Model | PA-34-200T |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | PA-34-200T |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 34-7970182 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 4570 |
| 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 | 6 |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | 100 Hour |
| Date of Last Inspection | Mar 14 1983 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 83 |
| Airframe Hours | 1500 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | ALDRIDGE ELECTRIC INC |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 205 BRADLEY |
| Aircraft Owner City | LIBERTYVILLE |
| Aircraft Owner State | IL |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 60048 |
| 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 | UGN |
| Departure City | WAUKEGAN |
| Departure State | IL |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 0 |
| Departure Time Zone | |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | |
| Destination City | |
| Destination State | |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Other |
| 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 | 36 |
| Runway Length | 5000 |
| Runway Width | 75 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |