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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Lake Geneva, WI · July 1, 1979

Date
July 1, 1979 · 13:30 local
Place
Lake Geneva, WI
Airport
Playboy
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6981C
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI79DEP55
Reported as
Piper PA28161
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
254 total48 in this make and model37 in the last 90 days

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 lost direction while taxiing in after landing. Struck several parked aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LOST DIRECTION WHILE TAXIING IN AFTER LANDING. STRUCK SEVERAL PARKED AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.