# Incident 19780117003379I: Piper PA31T, Louisville, KY, January 17, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 1978, 09:34 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Bowman
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2280° N, 85.6637° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOWMAN FLD (LOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2280&lon=-85.6637&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231PT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780117003379I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRCRAFT STRUCK A RIDGE OF SNOW CAUSING CRAFT TO VEER INTO SNOWBANK ON TAKEOFF ROLL.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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