# Incident 19990312016879I: Piper PA23250, Philipsburg, PA, March 12, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 1999, 19:53 local time
- Place: Philipsburg, PA
- Airport: Mid State Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8844° N, 78.0873° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MID-STATE (PSB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8844&lon=-78.0873&mi=10
- Aircraft: N713VS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N713VS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC IO540C4B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 50 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990312016879I

## Narrative

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

(-5)PILOT PLANNED NON-STOP IFR FLIGHT FROM RDU TO ROC WITH SUFFICIENT FUEL RESERVE. ACTUAL ENROUTE WINDS ALOFT WERE GREATER THAN FORECAST.  HEADWIND INCREASED TOTAL TRIP TIME AND FUEL REQUIREMENTS.  PILOT ELECTED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT PSB BEFORE FUEL AND NIGHTFALL BECAME AND ISSUE.LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  PILOT WAS NOT AWARE THAT PSB RUNWAYS WERE NOTAM CLOSED, DUE TO SNOW, UNTIL AFTER LANDING.  PILOT STATED THAT THE CENTER AREA OF RUNWAY WAS IN FACT PLOWED AT TIME OF LANDING.  SOME PATCHY ICE WAS PRESENT BUT NOT A FACTOR.

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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