# Incident 19780221000309I: Piper PA32260, Slatington, PA, February 21, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 1978, 20:00 local time
- Place: Slatington, PA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7536° N, 75.6108° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Slatington, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7536&lon=-75.6108&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15961, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N15961) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 178 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/19780221000309I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED ON AN UNPLOWED RUNWAY, DAMAGED PROP AND NOSEGEAR IN A SNOWBANK.

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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