# Accident 19790422029319A: Piper PA23160, Park Falls, WI, April 22, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 1979, 17:00 local time
- Place: Park Falls, WI
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.9364° N, 90.4440° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Park Falls, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.9364&lon=-90.4440&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4073P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4073P-1981-02-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23160
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 552 total, 195 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FEP38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEP38) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790422029319A

## Narrative

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

ATTEMPTED DOWNWIND TAKEOFF. ACFT FAILED TO CLIMB TO CLEAR TREES. POWER REDUCTION PRIOR TO IMPACT. GEAR, FLAPS DOWN

## 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 CHI79FEP38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEP38), Apr 22, 1979: Piper PA-23 (N4073P), Park Falls, WI, destroyed

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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