Cirrus Design Corporation SR22 accident near Woodruff, WI
On September 12, 2008, a Cirrus Design Corporation SR22 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Woodruff, WI. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- September 12, 2008
- Place
- Woodruff, WI
- Aircraft
- Cirrus Design Corporation SR22 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 45.900°N, 89.691°W
- NTSB ID
- 20080925X01531
Official records · CHI08FA282
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- ATC Transcripts: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On September 11, 2008, approximately 1915 central daylight time, a Cirrus Design Corporation SR22, N193BS, sustained substantial damage when it impacted terrain during a nonprecision instrument approach to runway 36 at the Lakeland Airport/Noble F. Lee Memorial Field (ARV), Minocqua-Woodruff, Wisconsin. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 135 on-demand passenger flight was operating on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan. The pilot and two revenue passengers received fatal injuries. The flight departed from General Mitchell International Airport (MKE), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at 1745, and was en route to ARV. According to available documentation, the airplane was registered to Bluesky Taxi Inc. (BST), Lincolnshire, Illinois, and was listed on Midwest Air Transport, Inc's (MAT) Part 135 operating certificate. Earlier on the day of the accident, the pilot had flown his airplane to Lafayette, Indiana, and arrived about 1045 eastern daylight time to meet a friend. The friend stated that the pilot was in “fine” condition, in a “great mood,” and “relaxed.” The pilot told his friend that the Bluesky Taxi (BST) operating certificate was owned by a private individual, but that individual did not operate the flights. The pilot also told him that the owners of BST were the operators and that they assigned the flights. The pilot also told his friend that there was no dispatcher and that the pilots dispatch themselves and would try to fly under visual flight rules (VFR) a
Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed during a missed approach leading to the inadvertent stall. Contributing to the accident were the pilot’s lack of experience in the type of operation conducted, the certificate holder’s loss of operational control, and the lack of adequate oversight of the operation by the Federal Aviation Administration.
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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.
