ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 357849
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| Date: | Sunday 14 January 1996 |
| Time: | 13:25 LT |
| Type: |  Piper J3C-65 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N1412N |
| MSN: | 22935 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1947 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 659 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental A-65 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mount Horeb, WI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Rockton, IL (KPVT) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot landed at a closed airstrip after making arrangements to meet his wife there. The airstrip was marked as closed; however, it was covered with snow in the landing area. The pilot said that before landing, he saw a pedestrian along the side of the strip, who waved; he thought the pedestrian was his wife. After landing, the airplane slowed quickly on the snow covered runway. The pilot said he applied some power to continue taxiing in the snow, but the airplane was moving slowly. As the pilot was taxiing the tailwheel equipped airplane without S-turning, he was looking out the door on the right side. He said he caught a glimpse of something to his left, and at about that moment, the left strut of the airplane hit the pedestrian, who was a woman that was walking her dog on the airstrip. The pedestrian was struck in the back of the head and was seriously injured. The pilot did not obtain a weather briefing before the flight nor did he have a current sectional chart.
Probable Cause: failure of the pilot to see-and-avoid the pedestrian. Factors relating to the accident were: the pilot's inadequate preflight preparation, his landing on a closed airstrip, and the snow covered terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI96LA078
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Mar-2024 07:18 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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