# Accident 20120720014539A: Piper PA-11, Neillsville, WI, July 20, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2012, 09:15 local time
- Place: Neillsville, WI
- Airport: Neillsville Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.5547° N, 90.5072° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5547&lon=-90.5072&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4844M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4844M) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 732 total, 10 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12CA468](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA468) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120720014539A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WHILE LANDING. HE APPLIED POWER AND PULLED UP. AIRPLANE STALLED AND CRASHED ON THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 CEN12CA468](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA468), Jul 20, 2012: Piper PA-11 (N4844M), Neilsville, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot did not maintain control of the airplane during an attempted aborted landing, which resulted in an inadvertent stall.

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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