# Incident 19840304013359I: Piper PA28140, Cortland, NY, March 4, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 1984, 13:30 local time
- Place: Cortland, NY
- Airport: Co Chase
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6009° N, 76.1791° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cortland, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6009&lon=-76.1791&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33743, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N33743-1989-07-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 85 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840304013359I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

SLID INTO A SNOWBANK AFTER A CROSSWIND LANDING. RUNWAY WAS COVERED WITH SNOW, ICE AND SLUSH.

## Other reports on N33743 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19880724027689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880724027689A), Jul 24, 1988: Piper PA28140 (N33743), Smoketown, PA, Substantial damage. Engine failed on takeoff. Landed in a cornfield and nosed over. Large quanities of water found in fuel.
- [Accident 19810610032199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810610032199A), Jun 10, 1981: Piper PA28140 (N33743), Annville, PA, Substantial damage. Engine lost power shortly after takeoff and pilot made emergency landing in field.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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