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Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Mosinee, Wisconsin 54455
Friday, December 22, 2006 19:00 CST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
The airplane, on a non-scheduled domestic cargo positioning flight, sustained substantial damage on impact with a snowbank and terrain during landing. The pilot, in part, stated, "I executed a routine [instrument landing system] approach ... during moderate to heavy snowfall at Central Wisconsin Airport. The runway conditions were reported as poor and it was snow covered. A crosswind existed as well as some wind shear as noted during the approach. Central Wisconsin Tower also advised me of a snow berm that remained on the west side of RWY 35 because it was not plowed to the full width of the runway. After I got a visual on the runway lights, I judged the runway centerlines by the runway lights and my position in between them. After the main wheels touched, I let the nose wheel down and I could see via the landing lights that I was close to the berm on my side and I gradually pushed right rudder pedal to steer away from the snow berm. I did not apply any braking action to avoid skidding and I was above 60 kts and had plenty of runway remaining to bleed off speed. Just as I positioned the power levers in the beta range, the left outer main landing gear tire began to make contact with the edge of the remaining snow berm left by the plows. The aircraft then began to yaw to the left and I applied more right rudder to compensate, but to no avail. The nose wheel hit the snow berm and broke off sending the aircraft sailing over the berm. The main landing gear wheels collapsed completely and the aircraft slid to a stop approximately 200 ft. west of RWY 35 off of the runway."
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
The pilot encountering the unsuitable terrain during the landing. Factors were the dark night and the snowbank.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 12/22/2006 |
| Event Day of the Week | Friday |
| Time of Event | 1900 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Standard Time |
| Event City | Mosinee |
| Event State | WISCONSIN |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 54455 |
| Event Date Year | 2006 |
| Event Date Month | 12 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 444639N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0894000W |
| Event Location Airport | -- |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | -- |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | -- |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | -- |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | CWA |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | -- |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | -- |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | -- |
| Lighting Conditions | Night/Dark |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 300 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | -- |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Overcast |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 1 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 0 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 0 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 280 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 5 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29.57 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | KCWA 230045Z 28005KT 1SM -SN OVC003 00/00 A2957 |
| 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) | 21213 |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA |
| NTSB Notification Date | Dec 22 2006 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | DMS |
| Date of most recent change to record | Mar 26 2007 9:33AM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\lema |
| Basic weather conditions | Instrument Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | Milwaukee, WI, FSDO |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N799CZ |
| NTSB Number | CHI07CA049 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | Yes |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Beech |
| Aircraft Model | 99 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | U-68 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 8023 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 2 |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | AAIP |
| Date of Last Inspection | Dec 1 2006 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | 29609 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | FREIGHT RUNNERS EXPRESS INC |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 1901 East Layton Avenue |
| Aircraft Owner City | Milwaukee |
| Aircraft Owner State | WI |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 53235 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| 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 | KCQA |
| Owner has at least one certificate | -- |
| 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) | Positioning |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | OSH |
| Departure City | OSHKOSH |
| Departure State | WI |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1840 |
| Departure Time Zone | CST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | CWA |
| Destination City | Mosinee |
| Destination State | WI |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Landing |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Mar 22 2007 3:53PM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\HAMG |
| Since inspection or accident | Time of Accident |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 35 |
| Runway Length | 6500 |
| Runway Width | 150 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |