61.5785° N, 149.4763° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Wasilla, AK, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
February 22, 1984 · 11:00 local
Place
Wasilla, AK
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N37385
Reported as
Piper PA22150
Reported engine
Lycoming O320A1A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
183 total117 in this make and model18 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.
Landed on a snowplowed area on a frozen lake. Encountered soft snow. Lost control and overturned in a snowbank.
As the FAA filed it
LANDED ON A SNOWPLOWED AREA ON A FROZEN LAKE. ENCOUNTERED SOFT SNOW. LOST CONTROL AND OVERTURNED IN A SNOWBANK.