# Incident 20030216007599I: Piper PA28181, Utica/Frankfort, NY, February 16, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 2003, 12:00 local time
- Place: Utica/Frankfort, NY
- Airport: Frankfort-Utica Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0964° N, 75.2260° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Utica, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0964&lon=-75.2260&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4172Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4172Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 1,313 total, 127 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030216007599I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 02/16/2003, THOMAS C. MATHEW LANDED AT 6B4 (FRANKFORT HIGHLAND AIRPORT, NEW YORK). DURING TAXI, ACCORDING TO MR. MATHEW, BRAKES WERE APPLIED AT SOME POINT AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN SLIDING ON AN ICE AND SNOW COVERED RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SLID INTO A SNOW PILE/DRIFT ALONG THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY AT THE SAME TIME THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED. DAMAGE SUSTAINED CONSISTED OF WINGTIP DAMAGE, PROP DAMAGE AND NOSEWHEEL DAMAGE. NO ACTION CONTEMPLATED. PILOT IS A STUDENT PILOT.

## Other reports on N4172Z (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20040612020599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040612020599I), Jun 12, 2004: Piper PA28181 (N4172Z), Piseco, NY, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft landed long on runway 22 at K09. Pilot was unable to stop aircraft on runway, aircraft ran off the end of the runway, down a slight embankment,…

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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