- Date
- December 29, 1979
- Place
- Rio Creek, WI · RIO CREEK, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N15651Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791229035429A
- Case key
- 132656
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3335 79/12/29 RIO CREEK,WI PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 62 TOTAL TIME - 1705 N15651 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 46 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WALTERS FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MILWAUKEE,WI RIO CREEK,WI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT FACILITIES: RUNWAY LIGHTING REMARKS- ONE ROW OF LITES ON RGT EDGE OF RWY.PLT LNDD OFF RWY,RGT OF RWY LITES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15651
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Walters Field
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N15651 · 1
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