Piper PA-28-180 accident near Lake Geneva, WI
On August 5, 1999, a Piper PA-28-180 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Lake Geneva, WI. 3 people were seriously injured. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- August 5, 1999
- Place
- Lake Geneva, WI
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28-180 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 0 fatal, 3 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 42.580°N, 88.421°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001212X19423
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 5,1999, at 1415 central daylight time, a Piper PA-28-180, N4337X, operated by a private pilot, sustained substantial damage during an impact with trees and terrain shortly after a takeoff from runway 23 (3,820 feet by 75 feet, dry/asphalt) at the Grand Geneva Resort Airport, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The personal flight was being conducted under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 and was not on a flight plan. The pilot-in-command, a second pilot [safety-pilot], and one passenger suffered serious injuries. One passenger suffered minor injuries. The flight was originating at the time of the accident and had the intended destination of Dane County Regional Airport, Madison, Wisconsin. According to a written statement provided by the pilot-in-command, he reported, "Departing Rwy 23 @ C02 [Grand Geneva Resort Airport] simulating fogged in conditions using foggles [visibility reducing goggles] and a safety pilot.... Got in the center of the runway and set DG [directional gyro] to 230 [230-degrees magnetic heading]. Conditions was great, winds calm. After putting throttle to full, I focused on the DG to keep it on 230. We must of went off the runway, because my safety pilot ... announced taking over the controls. I removed my hands from the controls. I woke up the next day in the hospital. My memory is blank between veering off the runway till the next day." According to a written statement provided by the safety-pilot, he reported that he did not remember the events of the accident. Ac
Probable cause
the aborted takeoff not performed by the safety-pilot and airspeed not obtained/maintained by the safety-pilot. Factors to the accident were directional control and runway alignment not maintained by the pilot-in-command, the inadequate supervision of the safety-pilot, the tree line, altitude/clearance not obtained/maintained by the safety-pilot, the aircraft weight and balance exceeded by the pil
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
