- Date
- January 23, 1983, 11:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Siren, WI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3925PPiper PA-22-20
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830123001529A
- Case key
- 11975
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Witnesses heard a sound of an acft eng, but because of low clouds & fog they could not see the acft. They heard the sound of the eng, a loud roar, the breaking of trees, & thena 'bang.' They then found the acft which had penetrated a wooded area at a 70 deg angle of descent. After being told of the crash, a FBO took off to locate the acft, but because of the low ceiling he had to return almost immediately to the arpt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3925P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-3598
- Airframe hours
- 2,242
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A-273, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Steven M. Strese
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 30, 1982
- Departed
- Somerset, WI
- Destination
- Siren, WI
- Airport
- Y52 · Burnett Co.
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Invalid Medical for flight
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 367 total · 367 in this make and model · 335 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 300 ft
- Temperature
- 27 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DLH, 60 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.