# Incident 19981112040789I: Piper PA32301, Sioux Center, IA, November 12, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 1998, 12:50 local time
- Place: Sioux Center, IA
- Airport: Sioux Center Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1344° N, 96.1875° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Sioux Center Municipal Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1344&lon=-96.1875&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4291Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4291Y-2010-04-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-301 (registry code 7103207, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32301
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 250 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981112040789I

## Narrative

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

(-5)THE AIRCRAFT WAS DEPARTING RUNWAY 17 AT SIOUX CENTER, IOWA, WHEN IT VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND HIT A SNOW BANK. THERE WERE NO INJUIRES AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR.  THE PILOT STATED HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DUE TO THE CONDITION OF THE RUNWAY AND POSSIBLY OVER CORRECTING FOR A CROSSWIND.  AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, FORT DODGE FLIGHT SERVICE HAD A NOTAM ON THE SIOUX CENTER AIRPORT, STATING RUNWAY 17-35 HAD 1 INCH OF FROZEN SLUSH AND THE BRAKING ACTION WAS POOR.  FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE PILOT DID NOT HAVE A VALID MEDICAL CERTIFICATE.  THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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