# Accident 19790131001959A: Piper PA31, Laconia, NH, January 31, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 1979, 10:15 local time
- Place: Laconia, NH
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: WPA
- Location: 43.5765° N, 71.4823° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Laconia, NH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5765&lon=-71.4823&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2ZM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2ZM-1991-04-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 1,390 in this make and model, 199 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79FNC16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FNC16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790131001959A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT HIT A SNOWBANK WHILE LANDING ON A FRESHLY PLOWED RUNWAY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC79FNC16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FNC16), Jan 31, 1979: Piper PA-31 (N2ZM), Laconia, NH, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2ZM (1)

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

- [Incident 19830526031869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830526031869I), May 26, 1983: Piper PA31 (N2ZM), Syracuse, NY. Left cargo door seperated from aircraft during a descent. Both top hinges had broken.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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