- Date
- October 6, 1985, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Geneva, WI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 4 uninjured; on the ground: 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N55785Piper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851006053849A
- Case key
- 13367
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After touchdown & about 600 ft from the approach end of runway 23 the aircraft collided with a moped crossing the runway. The 11 yr old operator of the moped was seriously injured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55785
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7305469
- Airframe hours
- 916
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert H. Brncich
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 15, 1985 · 6 hours before
- Airport
- C02 · American, runway 23, 4,050 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 93 total · 28 in this make and model · 7 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 14 knots, gusting 19
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,200 ft broken
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKE, 30 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.
Other investigations on N55785 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.