36.6602° N, 87.6581° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of LaFayette, KY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
February 25, 1979 · 22:30 local
Place
Lafayette, KY
Airport
Purdue University
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft
N27196
Reported as
Piper PA31350
People aboard
8
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,820 total400 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.
Mains would not rotate on touchdown due to frozen snow in wheels.
As the FAA filed it
MAINS WOULD NOT ROTATE ON TOUCHDOWN DUE TO FROZEN SNOW IN WHEELS.