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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Spokane, WA · December 22, 2003

Date: December 22, 2003 · 17:05 local
Place: Spokane, WA
Airport: Spokane International
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: GGCR
Aircraft: N4938L
Reported as: Piper PA28180
Pilot’s flight hours: 220 total75 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N4938LRegistration cancelled Oct 30, 2021 · Piper PA-28-180S/N 28-4308 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot landed on runway 3 at Spokane int'l airport under special VFR at night on a snow-covered runway with visibility obscured by mist. After landing he misjudged the turn-off point and turned off just before the actual edge of taxiway foxtrot. The aircraft remained on the pavement but got stuck in a shallow snow berm along the edge of the runway. The pilot initiated a turn back to the runway but did not have enough speed to plow through the snow. When the aircraft became stuck the pilot notified the tower and shut down the engine. The aircraft was pushed back and returned to the ramp with no damage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 3 AT SPOKANE INT'L AIRPORT UNDER SPECIAL VFR AT NIGHT ON A SNOW-COVERED RUNWAY WITH VISIBILITY OBSCURED BY MIST. AFTER LANDING HE MISJUDGED THE TURN-OFF POINT AND TURNED OFF JUST BEFORE THE ACTUAL EDGE OF TAXIWAY FOXTROT. THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED ON THE PAVEMENT BUT GOT STUCK IN A SHALLOW SNOW BERM ALONG THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT INITIATED A TURN BACK TO THE RUNWAY BUT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH SPEED TO PLOW THROUGH THE SNOW. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT BECAME STUCK THE PILOT NOTIFIED THE TOWER AND SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PUSHED BACK AND RETURNED TO THE RAMP WITH NO DAMAGE.