19780304015409I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Plattsmouth, NE · March 4, 1978

Date
March 4, 1978 · 17:30 local
Place
Plattsmouth, NE
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N56474
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,000 total165 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Instructor with student on a touch & go allowed aircraft to drift into a patch of snow. Lost directional control.

As the FAA filed it

INSTRUCTOR WITH STUDENT ON A TOUCH & GO ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO DRIFT INTO A PATCH OF SNOW. LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.

Other reports on N56474 · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.