# Accident 19750907033539A: Piper PA22135, Cataract, WI, September 7, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 1975
- Place: Cataract, WI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 44.0867° N, 90.8384° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cataract, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0867&lon=-90.8384&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3279B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3279B-1975-12-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-135 (registry code 7102206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22135
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 125 total, 95 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76AC023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76AC023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750907033539A

## Narrative

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

BLOOD ALCOHOL LVL 0.164 PCT.FLT CLOSE TO GND OVR PARKING AREA STRUCK 3 CARS.

## 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 CHI76AC023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76AC023), Sep 7, 1975: Piper PA-22 (N3279B), Cataract, WI, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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