# NTSB CHI83FA090: Piper PA-22-20, N3925P, Siren, WI, January 23, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: January 23, 1983, 11:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place: Siren, WI
- Coordinates: 45.779556, -92.380844 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7796&lon=-92.3808&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11975
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83FA090
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11975/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83FA090

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - vfr flight into imc - continued, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, cruise
  - aircraft handling - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
  - spatial disorientation, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3925P-1990-07-23), registration cancelled 1990-07-23, S/N 223598 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22-20
- Registry model: [Piper PA-22-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (registry code 7102210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 22-3598
- Airframe hours: 2242
- Engines: 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.

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830123001529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830123001529A), Jan 23, 1983: Piper PA22150, Siren, WI, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Lost control in near zero visibility with fog and freezing drizzle. Vertical impact into trees. No weather briefing

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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