19880121004719I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Big Bear City, CA · January 21, 1988

Date
January 21, 1988 · 15:35 local
Place
Big Bear City, CA
Airport
Big Bear City
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4297S
Reported as
Piper PA28181
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
92 total80 in this make and model15 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.

Lost directional control of aircraft on takeoff roll due to a shift of winds. Veered off runway. Struck a snowbank.

As the FAA filed it

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT ON TAKEOFF ROLL DUE TO A SHIFT OF WINDS. VEERED OFF RUNWAY. STRUCK A SNOWBANK.

Other reports on N4297S · 3

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