What happened
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(-23) Piper pa 22, N2373P sustained substantial damage after striking a car while approach to land on runway 21 at broadhead airport, broadhead, Wisconsin on August 20, 2005. The VFR pleasure flight had originated at brooklyn Wisconsin at 0815. The pilot-in-command and sole occupant, privacy data omitted received minor injuries. The occupant of the car was not injured. The car received damage on the driver's side between the driver's door and rear door. The pilot privacy data omitted reported that he was a little low after turning final so he added power. He stated he was focused on the approach end of the runway. He stated that as he came up to the road, which runs adjacent to the airport, the terrain appeared to rise so he added power. The pilot privacy data omitted stated that he felt the aircraft lurch and the next thing he recalls is the aircraft stopped short of the runway with the nose down. He reported that he never saw the car coming from the north-that the tall corn in the field next to the road and the structure of the aircraft would have obscured the car. At the time that FSDO personnel arrived on scene, the car had been removed. The green county sheriff department report indicates that the car was six feet, five inches high and that the plane struck the vehicle with the front and right main tire. The aircraft came to rest approximately 440 feet from the approach end of runway 21. The aircraft's nose and right main gear were collapsed. The firewalll and engine mounts were damaged, along with substantial wrinkling in the right fuselage. The pilot privacy data omitted reported there had been no mechanical problems with the aircraft prior to the accident.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) PIPER PA 22, N2373P SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AFTER STRIKING A CAR WHILE APPROACH TO LAND ON RUNWAY 21 AT BROADHEAD AIRPORT, BROADHEAD, WISCONSIN ON AUGUST 20, 2005. THE VFR PLEASURE FLIGHT HAD ORIGINATED AT BROOKLYN WISCONSIN AT 0815. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND AND SOLE OCCUPANT, ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE OCCUPANT OF THE CAR WAS NOT INJURED. THE CAR RECEIVED DAMAGE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE BETWEEN THE DRIVER'S DOOR AND REAR DOOR. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ REPORTED THAT HE WAS A LITTLE LOW AFTER TURNING FINAL SO HE ADDED POWER. HE STATED HE WAS FOCUSED ON THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY. HE STATED THAT AS HE CAME UP TO THE ROAD, WHICH RUNS ADJACENT TO THE AIRPORT, THE TERRAIN APPEARED TO RISE SO HE ADDED POWER. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ STATED THAT HE FELT THE AIRCRAFT LURCH AND THE NEXT THING HE RECALLS IS THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY WITH THE NOSE DOWN. HE REPORTED THAT HE NEVER SAW THE CAR COMING FROM THE NORTH-THAT THE TALL CORN IN THE FIELD NEXT TO THE ROAD AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE AIRCRAFT WOULD HAVE OBSCURED THE CAR. AT THE TIME THAT FSDO PERSONNEL ARRIVED ON SCENE, THE CAR HAD BEEN REMOVED. THE GREEN COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORT INDICATES THAT THE CAR WAS SIX FEET, FIVE INCHES HIGH AND THAT THE PLANE STRUCK THE VEHICLE WITH THE FRONT AND RIGHT MAIN TIRE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 440 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 21. THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR WERE COLLAPSED. THE FIREWALLL AND ENGINE MOUNTS WERE DAMAGED, ALONG WITH SUBSTANTIAL WRINKLING IN THE RIGHT FUSELAGE. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ REPORTED THERE HAD BEEN NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.
NTSB investigation
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