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CHI86LA123

1986-04-21 · AUGUSTA, Wisconsin, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport RLA

N94586 has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (TIPTON STEVE QUICKSILVER SPORTIIS, built 2002), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE PILOT MADE HIS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 27 AFTER NOTICING THAT THE WINDS WERE FROM THE NORTH NORTHWEST. HE SAID THE MADE HIS APPROACH AT 80 KTS BECAUSE OF THE CROSSWIND. AFTER TOUCHING DOWN BEYOND HIS INTENDED TOUCHDOWN AREA HE FELT HE WOULD NOT CLEAR THE TREES AT THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY IF HE ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND. A PARKED SEMITRACTOR ON THE END RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 27 WAS STRUCK BY THE RIGHT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1986_CHI86LA123.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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