# Incident 19980303012259I: Piper PA31310, Milwaukee, WI, March 3, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 1998, 07:25 local time
- Place: Milwaukee, WI
- Airport: General Mitchell Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9469° N, 87.8971° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL MITCHELL INTL (MKE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9469&lon=-87.8971&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2NG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31310
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540A2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,990 total, 290 in this make and model, 89 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980303012259I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 3-3-98 AT 0645 CST A PIPER PA31-310, N2NG REGISTERED TO BRUCE KROGSTAD COLLIDED WITH CESSNA 172, N4875G WHILE TAXIING FROM THE TIED DOWN AREA TO A HANGAR FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEICING AT MILWAUKEE GENERAL AVIATION INC., RAMP AT MITCHELL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MILWAUKEE, WI. THE CESSNA 172, N4875G WAS TIED DOWN AND UNATTENDED. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE WINDSHIELDS OF THE PA31 WERE TOTALLY COVERED WITH SNOW AND ICE EXCEPT FOR A 6-8" HORIZONTAL BAND ON THE PILOT'S WINDSHIELD. THE PILOT'S SIDE WINDOW WAS CLEAR. THE CO-PILOTS SIDE WINDOW WAS PARTIALLY COVERED WITH SNOW AND ICE. THE PIPER'S R/H PROP STRUCK THE CESSNA'S R/H WING RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE OUTER TWO FEET OF THE WING AND AILERON. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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