# Accident 19790915028709A: Piper PA28/, Birchwood, WI, September 15, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 1979, 13:30 local time
- Place: Birchwood, WI
- Airport: Tagalong
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6577° N, 91.5506° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Birchwood, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6577&lon=-91.5506&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1934T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1934T-1981-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28/
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 88 total, 17 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79DER07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DER07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790915028709A

## Narrative

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

PILOT SAID HE WAS TURNING FROM BASE TO FINAL WHEN HE LOST ALTITUDE AND HIT TREES.

## 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 CHI79DER07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DER07), Sep 15, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N1934T), Birchwood, 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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