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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA34200 · Mammoth Lakes, CA · April 4, 1980

Date
April 4, 1980 · 17:10 local
Place
Mammoth Lakes, CA
Airport
Mammoth Lakes
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2904W
Reported as
Piper PA34200
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,591 total156 in this make and model84 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.

Veered off runway on landing roll. Pilot reported severe crosswind. Nearest windinfo indicates downwind landing.

As the FAA filed it

VEERED OFF RUNWAY ON LANDING ROLL. PILOT REPORTED SEVERE CROSSWIND. NEAREST WINDINFO INDICATES DOWNWIND LANDING.