# Accident 19750620019759A: Piper PA24250, Sturgeon Bay, WI, June 20, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 1975
- Place: Sturgeon Bay, WI
- Airport: Cherryland
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 44.8227° N, 87.3698° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sturgeon Bay, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8227&lon=-87.3698&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5837P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5837P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,675 total, 171 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI75DEP72](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75DEP72) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750620019759A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

SOFT RUTTED GND AREA MARKED BY WOOD BARRICADE HORSES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI75DEP72](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75DEP72), Jun 20, 1975: Piper PA-24 (N5837P), Sturgeon Bay, WI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5837P (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19771019038679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771019038679A), Oct 19, 1977: Piper PA24250 (N5837P), Green Bay, WI, Substantial damage. ATIS weather.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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