# Accident 19830917049289A: Piper PA28180, Forestville, WI, September 17, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1983, 08:57 local time
- Place: Forestville, WI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.6891° N, 87.4696° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6891&lon=-87.4696&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
- Reported engine: LYC O360A3A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 489 total, 489 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI83FA410](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83FA410) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830917049289A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK A RADIO TOWER ANTENNA DURING LOW LEVEL DEER SPOTTING ACTIVITY. IMPACT JAMMED AILERON CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL

## 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 CHI83FA410](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83FA410), Sep 17, 1983: Piper PA-28-180 (N15651), Forestville, WI, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N15651 (1)

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

- [Accident 19791229035429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791229035429A), Dec 29, 1979: Piper PA28180 (N15651), Rio Creek, WI, Substantial damage. Runway lights were out on one side of runway. Pilot landed on wrong side of the lights, hit a fence.

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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