19800315006479A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Eliot, ME · March 15, 1980

Date
March 15, 1980 · 15:00 local
Place
Eliot, ME
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N57302
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC80FNC16
Reported as
Piper PA28140
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
219 total219 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Landing in gusty surface wind allowed airplane to drift to side of runway. Wing hit snowbank at touch down.

As the FAA filed it

LANDING IN GUSTY SURFACE WIND ALLOWED AIRPLANE TO DRIFT TO SIDE OF RUNWAY. WING HIT SNOWBANK AT TOUCH DOWN.

NTSB investigation

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

Other reports on N57302 · 1

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