# Accident 20070810019899A: Piper PA28140, West Bend, WI, August 10, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2007, 05:10 local time
- Place: West Bend, WI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4219° N, 88.1278° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4219&lon=-88.1278&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1696H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1696H-2007-11-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 520 total, 495 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07LA260](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07LA260) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070810019899A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 10, 2007, AT OR ABOUT 5:10 AM CST, AN ELT SIGNAL WAS RECEIVED BY THE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION. THE SIGNAL WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE COME FROM A PIPER PA-28-140, N1696H, WHICH WAS FOUND APPROXIMATELY ONE QUARTER MILE NORTHWEST OF THE RUNWAY 24 THRESHOLD AT THE WEST BEND AIRPORT, KETB. THE AIRCRAFT OBTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AS THE RESULT OF LANDING IN A CORN FIELD. THE SOLE OCCUPANT, AND PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS FATALLY INJURED AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE PILOT'S SHOULDER HARNESS WAS STILL FASTENED IN THE STOWED POSITION. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.

## 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 CHI07LA260](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07LA260), Aug 10, 2007: Piper PA-28-140 (N1696H), West Bend, WI, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to depart in adverse weather conditions, and his failure to maintain clearance from the terrain. Contributing to the accident included the pilot's lack of an instrument rating,…

## Other reports on N1696H (1)

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

- [Accident 19790515009449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790515009449A), May 15, 1979: Piper PA28140 (N1696H), Fargo, ND, Substantial damage. Student pilot aborted takeoff on touch and go,verred off runway,struck runway light.

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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