19790117001019A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Abilene, KS · January 17, 1979

Date
January 17, 1979 · 16:30 local
Place
Abilene, KS
Airport
Abilene
Phase of flight
Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1449T
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC79DCQ10
Reported as
Piper PA28140
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
57 total57 in this make and model2 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.

Pilot hit a patch of drifted snow on takeoff from touch and go landing. Lost directional control. Hit snowbank.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT HIT A PATCH OF DRIFTED SNOW ON TAKEOFF FROM TOUCH AND GO LANDING. LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. HIT SNOWBANK.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

Other reports on N1449T · 4

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