43.3045° N, 70.9756° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Rochester, NH, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
February 9, 1997
Place
Rochester, NH
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2983E
Reported as
Bbavia 7AC
Fatal injuries
0
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.
Practicing short field landings, low approach, applied power, engine sputtered, hit struck snow short of runway.
As the FAA filed it
PRACTICING SHORT FIELD LANDINGS, LOW APPROACH, APPLIED POWER, ENGINE SPUTTERED, HIT STRUCK SNOW SHORT OF RUNWAY.