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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA23250 · Markesan, WI · February 26, 1985

Date
February 26, 1985 · 18:15 local
Place
Markesan, WI
Airport
Nowatzski
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N54815
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI85LA126
Reported as
Piper PA23250
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540C4B5
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,775 total308 in this make and model79 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 mistook long snowbank for gravel runway. Nose gear collapsed on touchdown at dusk.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MISTOOK LONG SNOWBANK FOR GRAVEL RUNWAY. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON TOUCHDOWN AT DUSK.

NTSB investigation

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