# NTSB CHI81FEP45: Piper PA-30, N8786Y, Racine, WI, September 7, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: September 7, 1981
- Place: Racine, WI · RACINE, WI
- Location: 42.7256° N, 87.8142° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Racine, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7256&lon=-87.8142&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed, report November 2, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 123648
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI81FEP45
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FEP45

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1942   81/9/7    RACINE,WI           PIPER PA-30         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 65, 2159
        TIME - 1700                    N8786Y              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 1614 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HORLICK
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          RICE LAKE,WI                STURTEVANT,WI
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK                                 LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8786Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8786Y-2013-04-08), registration cancelled 2013-04-08, S/N 30-1944, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Registry model: [Piper PA-30](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (registry code 7103002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (registry code 41509, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Horlick

## 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 19810907057379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810907057379A), Sep 7, 1981: Piper PA30, Racine, WI, Substantial damage. Landed downwind last third of runway from ILS approach. Ran off end. Became airborne over a ravine, impaced bank.

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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