# Accident 19950428009959A: Piper PA28140, Boyceville, WI, April 28, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 1995, 13:33 local time
- Place: Boyceville, WI
- Airport: Boyceville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0405° N, 92.0306° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0405&lon=-92.0306&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8475R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8475R-1998-01-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 101 total, 101 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI95LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA143) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950428009959A

## Narrative

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

PORPOISED LANDING. EXITED RUNWAY. STRUCK TREES. LOW CONFIDENCE LEVEL IN CROSSWIND LANDINGS. (-23) PILOT REPORTED PREVIOUS TROUBLE AT MENOMONIE, WISCONSIN AND DESIRED TO RETURN TO BOYCEVILLE. HE STATED THE WIND DIRECTION CHANGED 80 DEGREES. ON LANDING HE PORPOISED AND DEPARTED THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 04 AND CONTACTED TREES. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO BOTH WING OUTBOARD SPAR SECTIONS. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR IS SLIGHTLY BENT TO THE RIGHT. MAJOR DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE LEFT STABILATOR AND SPAR. SEVERAL SKIN PANELS OF THE EMPENNAGE REVEALED BUCKLING. NO INJURIES, NO FIRE AND THE ELT DID NOT SOUND. PILOT REPORTED NO MALFUNCTION.

## 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 CHI95LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA143), Apr 28, 1995: Piper PA-28-161 (N8475R), Boyceville, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind conditions and subsequent failure to maintain runway alignment. The crosswind was a factor.

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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