# Accident 19790729033739A: Piper PA32RT300, Spring Green, WI, July 29, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1979, 14:50 local time
- Place: Spring Green, WI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1776° N, 90.0688° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spring Green, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1776&lon=-90.0688&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20995, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20995-1987-09-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300 (registry code 7103215, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,154 total, 173 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FA063) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790729033739A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE LOST POWER ENROUTE. ACFT IMPACTED AN UPSLOPED CORNFIELD. IMPACT DEMOLISHED ACFT. FOUND DEFECT FUEL SERVO.

## 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 CHI79FA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FA063), Jul 29, 1979: Piper PA-32 (N20995), Spring Green, 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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