41.1434° N, 85.1528° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at SMITH FLD (SMD), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
January 20, 1984 · 09:15 local
Place
Ft Wayne, IN
Airport
Smith
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2967M
Reported as
Piper PA28181
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
341 total148 in this make and model14 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 into a snowbank off edge of the runway on landing. Left brake had frozen.
As the FAA filed it
VEERED INTO A SNOWBANK OFF EDGE OF THE RUNWAY ON LANDING. LEFT BRAKE HAD FROZEN.