42.6756° N, 73.1181° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of North Adams, MA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 19, 1978 · 16:45 local
Place
North Adams, MA
Airport
Harriman
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N980RP
Reported as
Beech V35A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total1,000 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Frozen brake caused loss of directional control. Aircraft struck snowbank.
As the FAA filed it
FROZEN BRAKE CAUSED LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. AIRCRAFT STRUCK SNOWBANK.