# Accident 19980925026399A: Piper PA34200T, Schofield, WI, September 25, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 1998, 21:45 local time
- Place: Schofield, WI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DBKA
- Location: 44.9102° N, 89.6107° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9102&lon=-89.6107&mi=10
- Aircraft: N900JH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N900JH-1999-12-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA367](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA367) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980925026399A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, 2 POB HAVE SERIOUS INJURIES, ACFT HAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. (.4) ON SEPTEMBER 25, 1998, AT 2145 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-34-200T, N900JH, PILOTED BY A COMMERICAL PILOT, RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE ON IMPACT WITH TREES AND TERRAIN DURING A FORCED LANDING. THE LEFT ENGINE EXPERIENCED A TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DURING CLIMBOUT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE 14 CFR 135 ORGAN TRANSPORT FLIGHT WAS OPERATING ON A FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT REPORTED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED WAUSAU DOWNTOWN AIRPORT NEAR WAUSAU, WISCONSIN, AT 2145, AND WAS ENROUTE TO MADISON, WISCONSIN. (-23) ON 09/24/98 AT 2130, A PIPER SENECA III, REGISTERED TO WISCONSIN AVIATION INC., CRASHED IN A PARK NEXT TO THE AIRPORT SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF ON A 135 BUSINESS FLIGHT.  VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PASSENGERS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.  THE PILOT HOLDS A COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE WAUSAU, WI. AIRPORT.

## 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 CHI98LA367](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA367), Sep 26, 1998: Piper PA-34-220T (N900JH), Schofield, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadvertent deactivation of the fuel selector and the emergency procedure not followed by the pilot-in-command. The tree was a contributing factor.

## Other reports on N900JH (2)

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

- [Incident 19871223075639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871223075639I), Dec 23, 1987: Piper PA34200T (N900JH), Iowa Falls, IA, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing roll. Emergency procedures applied to lower gear. Drag link not traveled overcenter.
- [Incident 19870929063379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870929063379I), Sep 29, 1987: Piper PA34220T (N900JH), Janesville, WI, Minor damage. The aircraft ran off the taxiway and struck a light trying to turn back.a burned out taxiway light misled pilot.

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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