# Incident 20090703018539I: Piper PA28161, Lake Geneva, WI, July 3, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2009, 19:37 local time
- Place: Lake Geneva, WI
- Airport: Grand Geneva Resort
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6149° N, 88.3896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Grand Geneva Resort Airport (C02), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6149&lon=-88.3896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N141WA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N141WA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 178 total, 100 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090703018539I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED ON A NOTAM-CLOSED RUNWAY.  IN HIS HASTE TO CLEAR THE RUNWAY FOR ANOTHER AIRCRAFT THAT WAS SUPPOSEDLY GOING TO LAND, TAXIED ONTO CLOSED TAXIWAY.  HIT POTHOLE WITH NOSE GEAR AND INCURRED PROPELLER STRIKE.  MINIMAL DAMAGE INCURRED TO AIRCRAFT.

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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