# Accident 19990528006099A: Piper PA28161, West Dover, VT, May 28, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 1999, 20:45 local time
- Place: West Dover, VT
- Airport: Mount Snow Airport
- Damage: Damage unknown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9354° N, 72.8818° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9354&lon=-72.8818&mi=10
- Aircraft: N717AV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N717AV-2001-01-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC99FA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99FA123) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990528006099A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CRASH-LANDED MT. SNOW, VT., GOLF COURSE DUE TO UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES. 3 FATALITIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC99FA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99FA123), May 29, 1999: Piper PA-28-161 (N717AV), West Dover, VT, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: Was the failure of the pilot to maintain control of the airplane during an aborted landing. Factors were the pilot's lack of familiarity with the airplane, the variable winds, and night conditions.

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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