# Accident 19960113000689A: Piper PA28161, Indianapolis, IN, January 13, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 1996, 16:20 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Indianapolis Terry Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9506° N, 86.2703° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9506&lon=-86.2703&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80029, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80029-2013-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 21 total, 21 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI96LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA079) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960113000689A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS, ON THIRD TRY VEERED LEFT, HIT A SNOW BANK, AND FLIPPED OVER. (-23) STUDENT PILOT STATED HE WAS EXECUTING A TOUCH N GO ON RUNWAY 18. UPON TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT, IMPACTED A SNOWBANK, THEN FLIPPED INVERTED.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        (.4)THE STUDENT PILOT WAS PERFORMING A TOUCH AND GO LANDING WHEN THE AIRPLANE 'PULLED LEFT INTO THE SNOW AND STOOD UP ON ITS NOSE.' 'THE AIRPLANE THEN SLOWLY FELL OVER ONTO ITS BACK.'  THE CENTER 75 FEET OF THE RUNWAY'S 100 FOOT WIDTH HAD BEEN PLOWED.  THE PLOWED AREA WAS 'CLEAR AND DRY.'  EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE AT THE SITE REVEALED THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER IN A SNOW BANK APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET FROM THE LEFT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY.  FLIGHT CONTROL CONTINUITY WAS ESTABLISHED.  NO ANOMALIES WERE FOUND IN THE ENGINE OR IN ANY OF THE AIRPLANE'S OTHER SYSTEMS.

## 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 CHI96LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA079), Jan 13, 1996: Piper PA-28-161 (N80029), Zionsville, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane on the ground. A factor relating to this accident is the snowbank.

## Other reports on N80029 (1)

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

- [Incident 19840516028219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840516028219I), May 16, 1984: Piper PA28161 (N80029), Middle River, MD, Minor damage. Student on first solo allowed a wing to strike a parked aircraft while returning to the ramp.

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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