19790119007999A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA28235 · Nondalton, AK · January 19, 1979

Date
January 19, 1979 · 11:20 local
Place
Nondalton, AK
Airport
Nondalton
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7934N
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC79DA032
Reported as
Piper PA28235
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,647 total582 in this make and model140 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 attempted takeoff on snow covered runway,lost control and collided with snow bank.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF ON SNOW COVERED RUNWAY,LOST CONTROL AND COLLIDED WITH SNOW BANK.

NTSB investigation

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