# NTSB CHI73DEP68: Piper PA-24, N9287P, Tigerton, WI, June 26, 1973

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: June 26, 1973
- Place: Tigerton, WI · TIGERTON, WI
- Location: 44.7416° N, 89.0459° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tigerton, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7416&lon=-89.0459&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 9, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 173532
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI73DEP68
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73DEP68

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1665  73/6/26    TIGERTON,WIS        PIPER PA-24         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 22, 282
        TIME - 1850                    N9287P              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 23 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          MOSINEE,WIS                 TIGERTON,WIS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - OTHER
        REMARKS- UNIMPROVED FLD COLLIDED WITH FENCE STRUCK SOME SMALL BOULDERS AND A TREE.FLD LENGTH 1580FT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9287P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9287P-1974-08-20), registration cancelled 1974-08-20, S/N 24-4787 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-260](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (registry code 7102406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19730626018449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730626018449A), Jun 26, 1973: Piper PA24260, Tigerton, WI, Destroyed. Unimproved fld collided with fence struck some small boulders and a tree. Fld length 1580FT.

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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