# Incident 19870201006909I: Piper PA32301, Moneta, VA, February 1, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 1, 1987, 20:00 local time
- Place: Moneta, VA
- Airport: Smith Mountain Lake
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.1077° N, 79.5925° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE (W91), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1077&lon=-79.5925&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8296X (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32301
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870201006909I

## Narrative

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

STRUCK A SNOWBANK ON ROLLOUT. RUNWAY LIGHTS WERE OBSCURED BY SNOWBANKS ON THE SIDES OF THE RUNWAY.

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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