# Accident 19790715020299A: Piper PA17, South Byron, WI, July 15, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 1979, 11:40 local time
- Place: South Byron, WI
- Airport: Robert Baier
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6389° N, 88.4865° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Byron, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6389&lon=-88.4865&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4839H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4839H-1991-01-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-17 (registry code 7101702, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA17
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 330 total, 5 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FEP67](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEP67) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790715020299A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED RUDDER JUMPED IN LEFT TURN. HIT GRROUND NEAR AIRPORT. STATED A RAG WAS JAMMED IN RUDDER CABLE PULLY.

## 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 CHI79FEP67](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEP67), Jul 15, 1979: Piper PA-17 (N4839H), South Byron, WI, substantial damage

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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