19790112000749A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Spartn 7W · Martinsville, IN · January 12, 1979

Date
January 12, 1979 · 17:20 local
Place
Martinsville, IN
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N97DC
Reported as
Spartn 7W
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,813 total157 in this make and model34 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.

On landing rollout, the aircraft struck a ridge of snow left by the snowplow.

As the FAA filed it

ON LANDING ROLLOUT, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A RIDGE OF SNOW LEFT BY THE SNOWPLOW.