# Incident 20210819013839I: Piper PA-16, Janesville, WI, August 19, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2021, 11:15 local time
- Place: Janesville, WI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6828° N, 89.0187° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Janesville, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6828&lon=-89.0187&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5891H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5891H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-16 (registry code 7101602, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-16
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,693 total, 595 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210819013839I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 19, 2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 1145 N5891H A 1949 PIPER PA-16 LANDED AT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN REGIONAL AIRPORT (KJVL). N5891H WAS OBSERVED TAXING ON THE RAMP AND PARKING IN FRONT OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. WHEN N5891H WAS MAKING A TURN TO PARK THE LEFT WINGTIP STRUCK A LIGHT POLE JUST OFF OF THE RAMP. THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE ON BOARD AND SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS MINOR. WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS 76 °F 68 °F 76 % SE 5 MPH 0 MPH 29.23 IN 0.0 IN FAIR.

## Other reports on N5891H (1)

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

- [Accident 20040918026909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040918026909A), Sep 18, 2004: Piper PA16 (N5891H), Port Huron, MI, Substantial damage. (-23) Airport facility maintenance personnel escorted us to the aircraft recovery site. At that time we conducted the runway investigation finding evidence of…

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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