# NTSB CHI81DEP04: Piper PA-28, N4817L, Cottage Grove, WI, October 7, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 7, 1980
- Place: Cottage Grove, WI · COTTAGE GROVE, WI
- Location: 43.0924° N, 89.2052° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cottage Grove, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0924&lon=-89.2052&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 31, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 128818
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI81DEP04
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DEP04

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2275   80/10/7   COTTAGE GROVE,WI    PIPER PA-28         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 23, 228
        TIME - 1900                    N4817L              PX-  0  0  1  PRACTICE                  TOTAL HOURS, 98 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - FLYING HOOF
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          COTTAGE GROVE,WI            COTTAGE GROVE,WI
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: CROP                                      LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION
        REMARKS- STRUCK CORN CROP NR APCH END OF RWY AT DUSK.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4817L](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4817L-1980-11-17), registration cancelled 1980-11-17, S/N 284157 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (registry code 7102808) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Flying Hoof

## 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 19801007050149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801007050149A), Oct 7, 1980: Piper PA28180, Cottage Grove, WI, Substantial damage. Pilot struck corn short of runway and crashed .

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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