# Incident 20100727043192I: Piper PA-11, Fisk, WI, July 27, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2010, 12:45 local time
- Place: Fisk, WI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8406° N, 88.8401° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8406&lon=-88.8401&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78659, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78659) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-11 (registry code 7101102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-11
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C90 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 21,500 total, 6,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10IA447](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10IA447) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100727043192I

## Narrative

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

FISK ARRIVAL PAST RIPON, 1800 MSL.  FELT IMPACT.  SAW PLANE GO AHEAD OF HIM APPEARED TO BE DESCENDING.  10 SECONDS LATER AFTER CONTROLS CHECK, SET 1800 RPM.  "MAYDAY I HAD A MIDAIR. CAN YOU DIRECT ME SOME PLACE TO PUT IT?" DETERMINED FLYABLE.  FISK ASKED NATURE. RESTATED MIDAIR, "CAN YOU GET ME INTO OSHKOSH STRAIGHT?" STRAIGHT IN TO LAND 27. CLEARED TO LAND.  LANDED.  TAXIED TO PARKING.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N8159B, Piper PA-32R-301: [Incident 20100727039132I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100727039132I)

## 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 CEN10IA447](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10IA447), Jul 27, 2010: Piper PA-11 (N78659), Ripon, WI, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The inability of either pilot to see the other airplane due to the blind spot created by their respective airplane's wings.

## Other reports on N78659 (3)

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

- [Accident 20240309003489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240309003489A), Mar 9, 2024: Piper PA-11 (N78659), Death Valley, NV, Substantial damage. Upon landing pilot failed to check windsock while conducting overflight of airfield. The pilot landed with a tailwind and lost rudder authority, lost control…
- [Accident 20110911024709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110911024709A), Sep 11, 2011: Piper PA-11 (N78659), Winchester, VA, Substantial damage. Pilot taxiied too close to trees on private turf strip and impacted a tree with left wing.
- [Accident 19990521028529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990521028529A), May 21, 1999: Piper PA11 (N78659), Leesburg, VA, Substantial damage. (-23) While landing with a crosswind on runway 35 at Leesburg, VA. The wind shifted to a tailwind. Aircraft departed the runway striking a runway marker doing…

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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