19810118000679A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA28140 · Michigan City, IN · January 18, 1981

Date
January 18, 1981 · 14:00 local
Place
Michigan City, IN
Airport
Michigan City
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9943W
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI81FET03
Reported as
Piper PA28140
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
775 total255 in this make and model130 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.

Instructor allowed aircraft to crash into snow off side of runway during low pass with student at controls.

As the FAA filed it

INSTRUCTOR ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO CRASH INTO SNOW OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY DURING LOW PASS WITH STUDENT AT CONTROLS.

NTSB investigation

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