# Incident 19970926029089I: Piper PA28180, Delavan, WI, September 26, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 1997, 16:50 local time
- Place: Delavan, WI
- Airport: Lake Lawn Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6341° N, 88.6011° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE LAWN (C59), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6341&lon=-88.6011&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15944, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N15944) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 400 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970926029089I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED HE LANDED ON RUNWAY 18, WITH AN AIRSPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 80 KTS. (THE FBO REPORTED THE WIND TO BE 040 @ 7-8 KTS.) AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE PILOT LET THE AIRCRAFT ROLL A LITTLE BIT, THEN APPLIED THE BRAKES. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, DEPARTING IT WENT DOWN A HILL, THROUGH A DITCH, ACROSS A TAXIWAY, WHERE IT CAME TO REST WITH THE NOSE GEAR SHEARED OFF. INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO MECHANICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT LANDED DOWNWIND ON RUNWAY 18 AND APPEARS TO HAVE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AFTER APPLYING THE BRAKES.

## Other reports on N15944 (1)

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

- [Incident 19790201004409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790201004409I), Feb 1, 1979: Piper PA28180 (N15944), Waukegan, IL, Minor damage. Aircraft slid forward after starting engine on ice. Struck parked vehicle.

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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