# Accident 19890114000479A: Piper PA28180, Montague, MA, January 14, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 1989, 12:10 local time
- Place: Montague, MA
- Airport: Turner Falls Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5356° N, 72.5351° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Montague, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5356&lon=-72.5351&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1057X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1057X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC89LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89LA067) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890114000479A

## Narrative

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

SLID ON ICY RUNWAY. BEGAN GO AROUND. SHEARED LEFT MAIN GEAR ON SNOWBANK AIRBORNE. DIVERTED. WING DAMAGE LANDING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC89LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89LA067), Jan 14, 1989: Piper PA-28-180 (N1057X), Turners Falls, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: LOSS OF CONTROL DURING LANDING ROLL DUE TO ICE ON THE RUNWAY, AND COLLISION WITH A SNOW BANK OFF THE RUNWAY WHICH SHEARED THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR.

## Other reports on N1057X (1)

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

- [Accident 19810826051859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810826051859A), Aug 26, 1981: Piper PA28180 (N1057X), Clayton, NM, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel en route after dodging thunderstorms. Tried to land on flood-lighted ranch area , landed in a pond.

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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