# Incident 19870306014809I: Piper PA30, Thief River Fal, MN, March 6, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 1987, 15:30 local time
- Place: Thief River Fal, MN
- Airport: Thief River Falls Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.0657° N, 96.1850° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at THIEF RIVER FALLS RGNL (TVF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.0657&lon=-96.1850&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7382Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7382Y-2004-04-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 798 total, 131 in this make and model, 68 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870306014809I

## Narrative

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

PILOT UNABLE TO CORRECT DRIFT AFTER LIFTOFF. ABORTED AND SLID INTO A SNOWBANK.

## Other reports on N7382Y (1)

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

- [Accident 20010720026529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010720026529A), Jul 20, 2001: Piper PA30 (N7382Y), Bowman, ND, No damage. (-23) On July 20, 2001, at 2300 MDT, a Piper PA-30, N7382Y, operated by weather modification, inc, farg, ND and flown by thomas dejong, sustained substantial…

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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