ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 373526
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Date: | Saturday 21 February 1987 |
Time: | 22:30 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-22 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N3045Z |
MSN: | 22-6999 |
Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320-A1A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Tunkhannock, PA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PLT WAS LNDG ON A GRASS RWY WITH AN ACCESS ROAD BORDERING THE APCH END. ACROSS THE ROAD FROM THE RWY THRESHOLD, THERE WAS A PILE OF SNOW WHICH PREVIOUSLY HAD BEEN PLOWED FROM THE RWY. IN REFERENCE TO LNDG AT NGT, THE PLT STATED, 'COMING IN ON FINAL, I NOTICED A SLIGHT GROUND FOG, BUT WHEN I SAW RUNWAY, THOUGHT I HAD BANK CLEARED.' HOWEVER, BEFOREREACHING THE RWY, THE ACFT STRUCK THE SNOWBANK. DURING THE OCCURRENCE, THE NOSE GEAR, PROP, LOWER FWD PART OF THE ACFT & LEFT WING TIP WERE DMGD.
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Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | NYC87LA092 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 8 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB NYC87LA092
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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