# Accident 19790804032219A: Piper PA32300, Lakewood, WI, August 4, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1979, 20:45 local time
- Place: Lakewood, WI
- Airport: Lakewood
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.3006° N, 88.5145° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lakewood, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3006&lon=-88.5145&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47420, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47420-2003-07-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 347 total, 22 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79DEP72](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEP72) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790804032219A

## Narrative

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

PILOT HIT SHALLOW GROUND FOG ON LANDING. DRIFTED TO SIDE OF RUNWAY INTO ROUGH TERRAIN.

## 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 CHI79DEP72](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEP72), Aug 4, 1979: Piper PA-32 (N47420), Lakewood, WI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N47420 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20021220036019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021220036019A), Dec 20, 2002: Piper PA32300 (N47420), Gray, GA, Destroyed, 4 fatal. (-23) On December 20, 2002 around 1945 hours, the pilot for N47420 declared an emergency. Reporting smoke in the cabin and a loss of engine to ATC. Aircraft…

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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