19800320007539A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32-300 · Mammoth Lakes, CA · March 20, 1980

Date
March 20, 1980 · 11:46 local
Place
Mammoth Lakes, CA
Airport
Mammoth Lakes
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N102YT
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX80DXQ21
Reported as
Piper PA32300
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,639 total350 in this make and model69 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Tried to land in known severe gusty crosswind. Landing gear severed by snowbank short of runway. Impacted runway.

As the FAA filed it

TRIED TO LAND IN KNOWN SEVERE GUSTY CROSSWIND. LANDING GEAR SEVERED BY SNOWBANK SHORT OF RUNWAY. IMPACTED RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

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