19820208004719A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA28R200 · Mattoon, IL · February 8, 1982

Date
February 8, 1982 · 18:00 local
Place
Mattoon, IL
Airport
Coles Co
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8282Z
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI82DA043
Reported as
Piper PA28R200
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360C1C6
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,357 total261 in this make and model55 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.

Pilot was attempting landing at night in snow without landing light. Landed off runway and crashed into snowdrift.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING LANDING AT NIGHT IN SNOW WITHOUT LANDING LIGHT. LANDED OFF RUNWAY AND CRASHED INTO SNOWDRIFT.

NTSB investigation

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