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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-30 · Valparaiso, IN · March 4, 1982

Date
March 4, 1982 · 23:56 local
Place
Valparaiso, IN
Airport
Porter City Municipal
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N34EE
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI82DA078
Reported as
Piper PA30
Reported engine
Lycoming IO320B1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,613 total30 in this make and model43 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.

Aircraft picked up heavy ice from freezing rain approaching for landing. Aircraft hit short then crashed on taxiway

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT PICKED UP HEAVY ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN APPROACHING FOR LANDING. AIRCRAFT HIT SHORT THEN CRASHED ON TAXIWAY

NTSB investigation

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