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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 182 · Weedsport, NY · March 10, 1996

Date
March 10, 1996 · 22:30 local
Place
Weedsport, NY
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3407L
Reported as
Cessna 182

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.

(-16) Pilot landed on a closed runway that had 10 inches of wet snow. Pilot fueled aircraft and attempted takeoff on another runway that was also closed and partially plowed. Aircraft contacted snow bank and crashed, damaging the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-16) PILOT LANDED ON A CLOSED RUNWAY THAT HAD 10 INCHES OF WET SNOW. PILOT FUELED AIRCRAFT AND ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF ON ANOTHER RUNWAY THAT WAS ALSO CLOSED AND PARTIALLY PLOWED. AIRCRAFT CONTACTED SNOW BANK AND CRASHED, DAMAGING THE AIRCRAFT.