44.2842° N, 73.9864° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Placid, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 30, 1978 · 09:23 local
Place
Lake Placid, NY
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N606
Reported as
Bell 212
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,000 total1,166 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.
Whiteout occurred with landing attempt on snow-covered ramp. Skid hit parked car on go-around.
As the FAA filed it
WHITEOUT OCCURRED WITH LANDING ATTEMPT ON SNOW-COVERED RAMP. SKID HIT PARKED CAR ON GO-AROUND.