# Accident 19790902034051A: Piper PA39, Bloomfield, WI, September 2, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1979, 16:04 local time
- Place: Bloomfield, WI
- Airport: Playboy
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5400° N, 88.3680° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bloomfield, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5400&lon=-88.3680&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8859Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8859Y-2013-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-39 (registry code 7103902, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-39) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA39
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,332 total, 290 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FA072) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790902034051A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT STRUCK BOTTOM OF ANOTHER AIRCRAFT APPROACHING AIRPORT FOR LANDING.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N6051P, Piper PA24: [Accident 19790902034052A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790902034052A)

## 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 CHI79FA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FA072), Sep 2, 1979: Piper PA-39 (N8859Y), Bloomfield Twp, WI, destroyed, 2 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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