42.2752° N, 85.5885° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Kalamazoo, MI, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
March 3, 1989 · 11:04 local
Place
Kalamazoo, MI
Airport
Kalamazoo County
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6074E
Reported as
Piper PA60601P
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
14,000 total2,000 in this make and model65 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.
Windshield deice failed. Landed crosswind on icy runway. Weathervaned into snowbank.
As the FAA filed it
WINDSHIELD DEICE FAILED. LANDED CROSSWIND ON ICY RUNWAY. WEATHERVANED INTO SNOWBANK.