19780130004729I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Knoxville, TN · January 30, 1978

Date: January 30, 1978 · 18:10 local
Place: Knoxville, TN
Airport: Downtown Island
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7363J
Reported as: Piper PA28140
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 400 total255 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N7363JRegistration cancelled Jul 30, 2022 · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-24716 · Built 1968 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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.

While practicing short soft field landing, main gear struck iced snowbank.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE PRACTICING SHORT SOFT FIELD LANDING, MAIN GEAR STRUCK ICED SNOWBANK.