# Accident 19980828022299A: Piper PA22150, Beaver Dam, WI, August 28, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 1998, 08:15 local time
- Place: Beaver Dam, WI
- Airport: Lake
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4603° N, 88.8304° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4603&lon=-88.8304&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2931Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2931Z-2000-02-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-150 (registry code 7102210, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22150
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 239 total, 78 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98FA343](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98FA343) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980828022299A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 28, 1998, AT 0815 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-22-150, N2913Z, OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, WAS DESTROYED ON IMPACT WITH TERRAIN WHILE MANEUVERING OVER BEAVER DAM LAKE NEAR BEAVER DAM, WISCONSIN. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS NOT OPERATING ON A FLIGHT PLAN. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT BED-AH-WICK PRIVATE AIRSTRIP NEAR PRINCETON, WISCONSIN AND WAS ENROUTE TO PALMYRA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT NEAR PALMYRA, WISCONSIN. (-23) ON AUGUST 28, 1998, AT 0815 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-22-150, N2913Z, OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, WAS DESTROYED ON IMPACT WITH TERRAIN WHILE MANEUVERING OVER BEAVER DAM LAKE NEAR BEAVER DAM, WISCONSIN. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES.  THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS NOT OPERATING ON A FLIGHT PLAN.  INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT BED-AH-WICK PRIVATE AIRSTRIP NEAR PRINCETON, WISCONSIN AND WAS ENROUTE TO PALMYRA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT NEAR PALMYRA, WISCONSIN.

## 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 CHI98FA343](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98FA343), Aug 28, 1998: Piper PA-22-150 (N2931Z), Beaver Dam, WI, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The continued flight into adverse weather conditions and aircraft control not maintained by the pilot-in-command. Contributing factors were the improper preflight planning/preparation and lack of…

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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