41.8994° N, 83.7066° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Petersburg, MI, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 23, 1979 · 12:15 local
Place
Petersburg, MI
Airport
Grandolph
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3442
Reported as
Piper PA22160
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
75 total75 in this make and model0 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 lost directional control while aborting takeoff in unplowed snow.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WHILE ABORTING TAKEOFF IN UNPLOWED SNOW.