19790417023159I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Green Bay, WI · April 17, 1979

Date: April 17, 1979 · 19:39 local
Place: Green Bay, WI
Airport: Austin Straubel
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6971J
Reported as: Piper PA28140
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 80 total80 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N6971JRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-7625263 · Built 1976 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot disoriented in flight approach to the runway. Missed the runway and mired in the soft grassy area.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DISORIENTED IN FLIGHT APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY. MISSED THE RUNWAY AND MIRED IN THE SOFT GRASSY AREA.