# Accident 20000128009529A: Piper PA32RT300, Columbia, SC, January 28, 2000 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: January 28, 2000, 00:02 local time - Place: Columbia, SC - Airport: Columbia Metropolitan - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane - Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135) - Operator: SX0A - Location: 33.9390° N, 81.1497° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9390&lon=-81.1497&mi=10 - Aircraft: N42Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N42Y-2003-09-04) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300 (registry code 7103215, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-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 PA32RT300 - Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5D - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 1,915 total, 160 in this make and model, 285 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA077) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000128009529A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23) INSPECTOR STATEMENT:ON JANUARY 28TH AT 12:02 AM AIRCRAFT N42Y A PA32RT-300 OPERATED BY CORPORATE AIR FLEET INC. (CTX) AND PILOTED BY^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS CLEARED TO LAND RUNWAY 11 AT CAE BY ATC. THE A/C LANDED RUNWAY 11. WHILE EXITING 11 ONTO HIGH SPEED TAXIWAY C, THE A/C HIT A 24 INCH HIGH ICE BANK LEFT BY THE SNOW PLOWS EARLIER IN THE WEEK. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR STRUCK THE ICE BANK AND SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING. THE NOSE WHEEL TRACKS REVEALED THE NOSE WHEEL WAS ONLY 3 FT LEFT OF THE YELLOW LEAD OFF LINE ONTO TAXIWAY C. THIS INDICATES THE A/C DID NOT STRAY OFF THE TAXIWAY. THE AIRPORT OPERATIONS CLOSED TAXIWAY C AFTER THIS ACCIDENT BECAUSE IT WAS THE SECOND A/C TO HIT THE SAME ICE BANK IN THE LAST 2.5 HOURS. PRELIMINARY RUNWAY INSPECTION BY THIS INSPECTOR DISCOVERED THAT ANOTHER ICE BANK 18-24' HIGH BLOCKED HIGH SPEED TAXIWAY E. THIS INSPECTOR ADVISED AIRPORT OPERATIONS THEY MIGHT WANT TO CLOSE THIS TAXIWAY ALSO. AIRPORT OPERATIONS THEN CLOSED RUNWAY 11/29 AND REMOVED ALL ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. AT THE TIME OF THIS ACCIDENT THE NOTAMS ON FILE WITH AND FSS INDICATED 18 INCH HIGH SNOW BERMS ON RUNWAY EDGES. (.4)A NOTAM IN EFFECT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT INDICATED, '[RUNWAY] 11/29 18 IN SNBNK', AND 'ALL TWY [TAXIWAY] EDGE LGTS [LIGHTS] OBSCD [OBSCURED] BY SNBNKS [SNOWBANKS].' THE NOTAM DID NOT INDICATE THAT THE USABLE WIDTH OF THE RUNWAY WAS REDUCED. THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 11 WHILE EXITING THE RUNWAY AT HIGH SPEED TAXIWAY 'C', THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLIDED WITH AN APPROXIMATE 18-INCH-HIGH BERM OF ICE. HE TAXIED TO THE RAMP THEN NOTED DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE. EXAMINATION OF RUNWAY 11/29 BY AN FAA INSPECTOR REVEALED AN 18-INCH HIGH 3 FOOT-WIDE ICE BERM ON EITHER SIDE OF THE RUNWAY WITH THE INNER EDGE OF THE ICE BERM LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 6-8 FEET INWARD FROM EACH RUNWAY EDGE. THE ICE BERM HAD AN OPENING FOR TAXIWAY 'C'. THE NOSEWHEEL WAS DETERMINED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 3 FEET TO THE LEFT OF THE LEAD OFF LINE FROM THE RUNWAY ONTO THE TAXIWAY, AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. ## 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 MIA00LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA077), Jan 28, 2000: Piper PA-32RT-300 (N42Y), W. Columbia, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadequate wording of the NOTAM for failure to identify that the usable width of the runway was reduced and the inadequate snow removal by airport personnel for failure to remove the snow from… ## Other reports on N42Y (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20010330009019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010330009019A), Mar 30, 2001: Piper PA32RT300 (N42Y), Concord, NC, No damage. (-23)After an in-dept examination of the wreckage by the FAA inspectors that participated in this investigation there was nothing to indicate the airworthiness… 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. 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