# Incident 19851220068339I: Piper PA28180, Manitowoc, WI, December 20, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 1985, 14:15 local time
- Place: Manitowoc, WI
- Airport: Manitowoc County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.1288° N, 87.6806° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MANITOWOC COUNTY (MTW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1288&lon=-87.6806&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8397W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8397W-2022-09-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A3A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 132 total, 44 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851220068339I

## Narrative

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

SKIDDED ON TAKEOFF ROLL AND WENT INTO DEEP SNOW. WIND WAS GUSTING AND SHIFTING.

## Other reports on N8397W (1)

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

- [Accident 20190329002149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190329002149A), Mar 29, 2019: Piper PA-28-180 (N8397W), Aberdeen, MS, Destroyed. On March 29, 2019,N8397W, PA-28-180 departed hamliton, al (khab) around 5:15 pm local time. Aircraft was enroute to monroe county airport (M40), with two…

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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