# Incident 19970227009079I: Piper PA32300, West Bend, WI, February 27, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 1997, 07:10 local time
- Place: West Bend, WI
- Airport: West Bend Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4222° N, 88.1279° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WEST BEND MUNI (ETB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4222&lon=-88.1279&mi=10
- Aircraft: N128A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N128A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 250 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970227009079I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS DEPARTING ON RUNWAY 13 UNDER VFR CONDITIONS. DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL, HE REACHED ROTATION SPEED AND ATTEMPTED TO LIFT THE AIRCRAFT OFF, WHEN LEFT MAIN GEAR CAUGHT A SNOW DRIFT, CAUSING THE A/C TO VEER TO THE LEFT. IMMEDIATELY APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER AND REDUCED POWER. BY THE TIME THE A/C CAME TO A STOP, IT WENT INTO A SNOW BANK. DAMAGING THE PROP & NOSE STRUT. NO INJURIES.

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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