Last updated: 9 July 2020
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | Tuesday 16 December 2003 |
| Time: | 07:30 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 99 Airliner |
| Operator: | Freight Runners Express |
| Registration: | N399CZ |
| C/n / msn: | U-52 |
| First flight: | 1969 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 35914 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Wausau-Central Wisconsin Airport, WI (CWA) ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Milwaukee-General Mitchell Airport, WI (MKE/KMKE), United States of America |
| Wausau-Central Wisconsin Airport, WI (CWA/KCWA), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | 1544 |
The Beech sustained substantial damage during a hard landing on runway 08.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's failure to maintain the proper descent rate and his inadequate flare."
Accident investigation:
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Milwaukee-General Mitchell Airport, WI to Wausau-Central Wisconsin Airport, WI as the crow flies is 246 km (154 miles).
Distance from Milwaukee-General Mitchell Airport, WI to Wausau-Central Wisconsin Airport, WI as the crow flies is 246 km (154 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
