19780212006319I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-151 · Pawtucket, RI · February 12, 1978

Date
February 12, 1978 · 13:30 local
Place
Pawtucket, RI
Airport
North Central Sta
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N44785
Reported as
Piper PA28151
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
100 total95 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.

Pilot lost directional control during takeoff from snow-packed runway. Ended up in a snowbank.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING TAKEOFF FROM SNOW-PACKED RUNWAY. ENDED UP IN A SNOWBANK.