Piper PA-28-140 N6737W

Summary

On 26 April 1984 at about 00:15 local time, a Piper PA-28-140 registered N6737W was involved in an accident near Genoa City, Wisconsin, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

26 April 1984 at 00:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Genoa City, Wisconsin, United States

Nearest airport

Vincent Field (64C)

Coordinates

42.5004, -88.3196

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-140

Registration

N6737W

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Genoa City → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI84LA161

1 person was seriously injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

AFTER TAKEOFF, THE PLT HAD MADE 2 TURNS & HAD ATTAINED AN ALT OF ABOUT 200 FT AGL WHEN THE ENG SPUTTERED & LOST POWER. HE WAS UNABLE TO TURN & LAND ON THE RWY, BUT CONTINUED STRAIGHT AHEAD TO AVOID HOUSES & TREES. DURING AN EMERGENCY LANDING, THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A POWER LINE & CRASHED IN A FIELD. AN EXAM REVEALED WATER IN THE FUEL SYS. THE CARETAKER OF THE ARPT SAID THE ACFT HAD NOT BEEN FLOWN SINCE NOV 1983. ALSO, HE REPORTED THAT THE PLT HAD DRAINED WATER FROM THE FUEL TANKS ON THE PREVIOUS DAY. THE CARETAKER HAD TOLD THE PLT NOT OT FLY THE ACFT UNTIL AFTER THE ENG HAD BEEN RUN FOR ABOUT 30 MIN & WAS RUNNING RIGHT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.