# Accident 20110911024709A: Piper PA-11, Winchester, VA, September 11, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2011, 07:30 local time
- Place: Winchester, VA
- Airport: White Post
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0626° N, 78.0914° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WHITE POST (3VA7), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0626&lon=-78.0914&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: 21,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110911024709A

## Narrative

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

PILOT TAXIIED TOO CLOSE TO TREES ON PRIVATE TURF STRIP AND IMPACTED A TREE WITH LEFT WING.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## 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…
- [Incident 20100727043192I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100727043192I), Jul 27, 2010: Piper PA-11 (N78659), Fisk, WI, Minor damage. 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.…
- [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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