43.8049° N, 82.9983° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Bad Axe, MI, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 21, 1998 · 17:50 local
Place
Bad Axe, MI
Airport
Bad Axe
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N39682
Reported as
Piper PA32RT300T
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,209 total315 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days
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.
Narrative: upon landing on rwy 03 with approximately a 90 degree crosswind, aircraft veered to the left, hit a snowbank between the edge of the rwy and the lights, collapsed the nose gear with damage to the prop.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: UPON LANDING ON RWY 03 WITH APPROXIMATELY A 90 DEGREE CROSSWIND, AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT, HIT A SNOWBANK BETWEEN THE EDGE OF THE RWY AND THE LIGHTS, COLLAPSED THE NOSE GEAR WITH DAMAGE TO THE PROP.