19790128001769A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Ottawa, KS · January 28, 1979

Date
January 28, 1979 · 19:35 local
Place
Ottawa, KS
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9356C
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC79FCG24
Reported as
Piper PA28161
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
76 total2 in this make and model7 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.

Night landing. Runway had been plowed but snow had drifted onto runway. Hit snow drift & lost directional control.

As the FAA filed it

NIGHT LANDING. RUNWAY HAD BEEN PLOWED BUT SNOW HAD DRIFTED ONTO RUNWAY. HIT SNOW DRIFT & LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.

NTSB investigation

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