19791120033309A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-22-108 · Middle River, MN · November 20, 1979

Date
November 20, 1979 · 16:00 local
Place
Middle River, MN
Airport
Honker Flats
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5035Z
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC80DER11
Reported as
Piper PA22108
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
130 total92 in this make and model5 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.

Struck a snowdrift while landing and nosed over. Runway was covered with 4 inches of frozen snow.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK A SNOWDRIFT WHILE LANDING AND NOSED OVER. RUNWAY WAS COVERED WITH 4 INCHES OF FROZEN SNOW.

NTSB investigation

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