# Accident 19790909031659A: Piper PA24, Menomonie, WI, September 9, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 1979, 15:26 local time
- Place: Menomonie, WI
- Airport: Skyport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9202° N, 91.9749° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SKYPORT (WI27), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9202&lon=-91.9749&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6837P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6837P-1979-12-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-180 (registry code 7102403, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 897 total, 6 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FER06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FER06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790909031659A

## Narrative

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

ROTATED ACFT ON TAKEOFF. ACFT SETTLED BACK TO RWY. LIFTED OFF AGAIN. FLEW INTO TREES. FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF.

## 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 CHI79FER06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FER06), Sep 9, 1979: Piper PA-24 (N6837P), Menomonie, WI, destroyed

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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