# NTSB CHI70FDJ21: Piper PA-22, N8129D, Mount Horeb, WI, June 3, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 3, 1970
- Place: Mount Horeb, WI · MOUNT HOREB, WI
- Location: 43.0059° N, 89.7317° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mount Horeb, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0059&lon=-89.7317&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 18, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 123676
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI70FDJ21
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI70FDJ21

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2322   70/6/3    MOUNT HOREB,WIS     PIPER PA-22         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 38, 422
        TIME - 1310                    N8129D              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 77 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - GONSTEAD
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          DES MOINES,IOWA             MADISON,WISC
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           STALL: MUSH                                              LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE
        WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          CLEAR                                                    UNLIMITED
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND
          NONE                                                     RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES
        TEMPERATURE-F                                            WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES
           70                                                       75
        WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS                                      TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
           20                                                      VFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
        REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 25K.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N8129D (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Gonstead

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.

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