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CHI79DEP28

1979-02-10 · MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N1990L has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (LANCAIR LANCAIR 320, built 2016), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH BE-19 · N1990L
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Part 121 (air carrier)
Airport
TIMMERMAN
Kind of flying
A0

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
350° / 10 kt
Temp
1° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000MB-804
Total time
998 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
6,613
Age
32

Investigator remarks

30 INCH SNOW BANK ON APPROACH END OF RUNWAY.

Cause factors

  • 66/C/48 C
    DUAL STUDENT Cause
  • 64/C/30 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause
  • 80/L/BY L
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0149. Source file NTSB_1979_3_0149.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.