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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-38-112 · Eden Prairie, MN · February 7, 1979

Date
February 7, 1979 · 17:00 local
Place
Eden Prairie, MN
Airport
Flying Cloud
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2359D
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC79DER23
Reported as
Piper PA38112
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
144 total2 in this make and model4 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.

Airplane skidded on ice covered taxiway. Ran into snow bank.

As the FAA filed it

AIRPLANE SKIDDED ON ICE COVERED TAXIWAY. RAN INTO 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.