# Accident 19790606025782A: Piper PA28R201, Burlington, WI, June 6, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 1979, 19:20 local time
- Place: Burlington, WI
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6744° N, 88.2713° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Burlington, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6744&lon=-88.2713&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3538M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3538M-1979-12-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 904 total, 45 in this make and model, 319 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FEP47](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEP47) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790606025782A

## Narrative

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

WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH, ACFT WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER ACFT FROM ABOVE & FORCED TO RWY. OTHER ACFT WAS ALSO ON FINAL.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N1134Q, Piper PA32R300: [Accident 19790606025781A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790606025781A)

## 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 CHI79FEP47](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEP47), Jun 6, 1979: Piper PA-28R (N3538M), Burlington, 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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