- Date
- July 27, 1985, 09:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Lakewood, WI
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured; on the ground: 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7183RPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850727034439A
- Case key
- 13175
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student plt and his pax had landed on an airstrip on a golf course. On takeoff the student plt lifted off early and stalled back on the turf. He then lost directional control, veered off the airstrip and struck a golfer in the back with the outer section of the left wing. Golfer injuries were minor, acft damage substantial
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7183R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-21895
- Airframe hours
- 2,396
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- D. Nickiel
- Registered owner
- T. Peters
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 26, 1985 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- WI31 · Lakewood, WI
- Destination
- 7WI6 · Greenbay, WI
- Airport
- WI31 · Lakewood Country Club, runway 18, 2,640 × 80 ft, grass/turf
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 27 total · 27 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GRB, 50 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.