Cessna 560 accident near Eagle River, WI

On December 30, 1995, a Cessna 560 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Eagle River, WI. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.

Date

December 30, 1995

Place

Eagle River, WI

Aircraft

Cessna 560 · Airplane

Injuries

2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor

Damage

Destroyed

Position

45.919°N, 89.249°W

NTSB ID

20001207X04968

Official records · CHI96FA067

• Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation

NTSB summary

HISTORY OF FLIGHT On December 30, 1995, at 1443 central standard time (cst), a Cessna 560, N991PC, piloted by an Air Transport pilot, was destroyed when it collided with the terrain approximately one quarter mile north east of the runway 22 threshold, at the Eagle River Airport, Eagle River, Wisconsin. The airplane was circling to land on runway 22 after being cleared for the VOR/DME approach by Minneapolis center at approximately 1425 cst. The 14 CFR Part 91 flight was operating on an IFR flight plan. The pilot and copilot sustained fatal injuries in the accident. The airplane departed from Des Moines, Iowa, en route to Eagle River Airport, at 1343 cst. METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION The local weather observation at 1359 cst for Rhinelander, Wisconsin, was given to the pilots of N991PC by Minneapolis Center. Rhinelander was reporting ceiling 300 overcast, visibility one mile, with fog. The automated weather observing system (AWOS) at Eagle River, Wisconsin, was recording a partial obscuration, ceiling 600 overcast, visibility one and one quarter miles, temperature 29, dew point 28. A Vilas county sheriff captain, reported precipitation in the form of freezing rain/sleet at the time of the accident. AIDS TO NAVIGATION A flight check was conducted of the Rhinelander VOR and the Eagle River NDB on January 1, 1996, by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). No abnormalities were noted in either facility. AERODROME INFORMATION The Eagle River Airport was equipped with a AWOS which was commissioned on December 1, 1995. The AWOS was recording the local weather, but was not transmi

Probable cause

the failure of the pilot to maintain airspeed while executing the circling approach. Factors were the descent below minimum descent altitude, the fog, the low ceiling and the icing conditions.

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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.