Plane Crash List

Piper PA-12 N78459

25 May 1981 · Spring Green, Wisconsin, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 25 May 1981 at about 18:58 local time, a Piper PA-12 registered N78459, operated by Richland Aviat, was involved in an accident during in flight near Spring Green, Wisconsin, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 18:58
Classification
Accident
Location
Spring Green, Wisconsin, United States
Nearest airport
Tri County
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Piper PA-12
Registration
N78459
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
1
Operator
Richland Aviat
Operating rule
Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight
Pleasure
Phase of flight
In Flight
Route
Bridgeman, Mi → S
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
3-1170

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

Probable cause

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

WND GSTG 20KTS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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