# Accident 19950304047309A: Piper PA22108, Belfast, ME, March 4, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 1995, 15:50 local time
- Place: Belfast, ME
- Airport: Belfast Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4094° N, 69.0118° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BELFAST MUNI (BST), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4094&lon=-69.0118&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5554Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5554Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-108 (registry code 7102204, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22108
- Reported engine: LYC O235C1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 52 total, 13 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO95LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO95LA030) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950304047309A

## Narrative

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

DRIFTED NEAR FOUR FT PLOWED SNOW ON LEVEL OFF. BEGAN GO AROUND, HIT SNOWBANK FLIPPED OVER. CONDITION NOT FOR SOLO.

## 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 BFO95LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO95LA030), Mar 4, 1995: Piper PA-22-108 (N5554Z), Belfast, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot's failure to adequately compensate for wind conditions. A related factor was the presence of high snowbanks along the sides of the runway.

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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