Cumberland Municipal Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Cumberland, Wisconsin
Monday, April 29, 2002 17:15 CDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The pilot said that while taxing after landing a gust of wind lifted the right wing off the ground catching the left wing tip and stabilizer. The pilot reported winds of 20 knots with gusts to 25 knots. The pilot stated he "suspect this caused incident".

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

the failure of the pilot to maintain directional control after encountering high winds and gusty winds during taxi from landing.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 4/29/2002
Event Day of the Week Monday
Time of Event 1715
Event Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Event City Cumberland
Event State WISCONSIN
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site --
Event Date Year 2002
Event Date Month 4
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude --
Event Location Longitude --
Event Location Airport Cumberland Municipal
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 1241
Weather Briefing Completeness Full
Investigator's weather source Pilot
Time of the weather observation
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) --
Weather Observation Facility ID --
Elevation of weather observation facility --
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) --
Time Zone of the weather observation --
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 5000
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions --
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 11
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 290
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 20
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 25
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) --
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 13301
NTSB Notification Source
NTSB Notification Date May 1 2002 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1500
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record May 13 2003 12:26PM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\MONR
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office Minneapolis, MN

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N8081E
NTSB Number CHI02LA124
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Cessna
Aircraft Model 185F
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number 185-02329
Certified Max Gross Weight 3400
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 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection --
Date of Last Inspection --
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours 2700
ELT Installed Unknown
ELT Activated Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name DELTA MIKE FOXTROT INC.
Aircraft Owner Street Address P.O. BOX 3111
Aircraft Owner City Eau Claire
Aircraft Owner State WI
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 54702
Operator is an individual? Yes
Operator Name Edward C. Brex
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 6328 Sainn Creek Lane
Operator City Wilimington
Operator State WI
Operator Country USA
Operator Zip code 28409
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
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 3T3
Departure City Boyceville
Departure State WI
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 1645
Departure Time Zone CDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code UBE
Destination City Cumberland
Destination State WI
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight Taxi - from landing
Report sent to ICAO? No
Evacuation occurred No
Date of most recent change to record May 15 2002 5:13PM
User who most recently changed record DINC
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 27
Runway Length 4050
Runway Width 75
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --