# Accident 19790703029619A: Piper PA28181, Taylor, WI, July 3, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 1979, 21:54 local time
- Place: Taylor, WI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3217° N, 91.1205° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Taylor, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3217&lon=-91.1205&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8341C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8341C-1980-04-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 225 total, 222 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790703029619A

## Narrative

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

ATTEMPT. VFR FLT AT NIGHT IN HILLY, WOODED TERRAIN WITH LOW CEIL & VIS. THNDRSTORMS IN AREA. HIT HILL.

## 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 CHI79FA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FA056), Jul 3, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N8341C), Taylor, WI, destroyed, 1 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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