# Incident 19810130016039I: Piper PA28161, Klossner, MN, January 30, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 1981, 12:00 local time
- Place: Klossner, MN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3658° N, 94.4258° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Klossner, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3658&lon=-94.4258&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47561, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47561-2000-12-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 300 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810130016039I

## Narrative

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

DURING GO-AROUND THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK TREE TOP. MINOR DAMAGE TO WING TIP.

## Other reports on N47561 (1)

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

- [Accident 20000525010399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000525010399A), May 25, 2000: Piper PA28161 (N47561), Chapel Hill, NC, Destroyed. (-23) While on short final for the Chapel Hill airport, the aircraft encountered a severe down draft at 300 AGL and 1/4 mile final. The aircraft then rolled…

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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