# Accident 19791229035429A: Piper PA28180, Rio Creek, WI, December 29, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 1979, 17:05 local time
- Place: Rio Creek, WI
- Airport: Walters
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.5892° N, 87.5412° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rio Creek, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5892&lon=-87.5412&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15651, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15651-1983-11-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 62 total, 46 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80DEP11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80DEP11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791229035429A

## Narrative

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

RUNWAY LIGHTS WERE OUT ON ONE SIDE OF RUNWAY. PILOT LANDED ON WRONG SIDE OF THE LIGHTS, HIT A FENCE.

## 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 CHI80DEP11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80DEP11), Dec 29, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N15651), Rio Creek, WI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N15651 (1)

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

- [Accident 19830917049289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830917049289A), Sep 17, 1983: Piper PA28180 (N15651), Forestville, WI, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Struck a radio tower antenna during low level deer spotting activity. Impact jammed aileron causing loss of control

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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