19891122062989I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-200T · Georgetown, DE · November 22, 1989

Date
November 22, 1989 · 20:35 local
Place
Georgetown, DE
Airport
Sussex County Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
DRVA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N31578
Reported as
Piper PA34200T
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,750 total400 in this make and model200 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.

Aircraft slid off the ice covered runway and damaged both main landing gears.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT SLID OFF THE ICE COVERED RUNWAY AND DAMAGED BOTH MAIN LANDING GEARS.