41.2102° N, 81.2516° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at PORTAGE COUNTY (POV), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
January 31, 1985 · 10:00 local
Place
Ravenna, OH
Airport
Portage Co
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9087Y
Reported as
Piper PA31T
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A28
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,300 total3,200 in this make and model100 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 unable to ascertain runway width due to runway snow blending into snowbanks. Struck snowbank with gear.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT WAS UNABLE TO ASCERTAIN RUNWAY WIDTH DUE TO RUNWAY SNOW BLENDING INTO SNOWBANKS. STRUCK SNOWBANK WITH GEAR.