44.9618° N, 89.6465° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Wausau, WI, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 23, 1985 · 14:40 local
Place
Wausau, WI
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N83DA
Reported as
Piper PA34200
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,300 total250 in this make and model40 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.
Could not distinguish sides of runway after landing on snow covered runway. Struck a snow furrow. Damage to gear.
As the FAA filed it
COULD NOT DISTINGUISH SIDES OF RUNWAY AFTER LANDING ON SNOW COVERED RUNWAY. STRUCK A SNOW FURROW. DAMAGE TO GEAR.