19791129034189A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Wheatland, WY · November 29, 1979

Date
November 29, 1979 · 16:00 local
Place
Wheatland, WY
Airport
Phifer
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7549W
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN80DTC02
Reported as
Piper PA28180
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
72 total6 in this make and model37 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.

Student pilot attempted takeoff on icy rwy. Acft weather-cocked, veered into snow-bank.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF ON ICY RWY. ACFT WEATHER-COCKED, VEERED 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.