# Accident 20040211001289A: Piper PA20, West Ossippee, NH, February 11, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 11, 2004, 18:25 local time
- Place: West Ossippee, NH
- Airport: Windsock Village Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8236° N, 71.1867° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8236&lon=-71.1867&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2634A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2634A-2017-06-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20 (registry code 7102002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA20
- Reported engine: LYC O290*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 24,000 total, 250 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD04CA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD04CA010) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040211001289A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 1830 HRS. (LOCAL TIME), PILOT AND ONLY OCCUPANT OF N2634A, WAS RETURNING FROM GREAT BARRINGTON, MA., AND WAS COMMENCING A VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 33 AT THE WINDSOCK VILLAGE AIRPORT (PVT), NEW HAMPSHIRE IDENTIFIER NH69. PILOT STATED THAT THE PILOT CONTROLLED R/W LIGHTS WERE ON, PILOT ESTIMATED WINDS AT 350 DEGREES 10 TO 15 KNOTS. PILOT STATED THAT THE APPROACH AND TOUCHDOWN WERE NORMAL, DURING THE ROLL-OUT FOLLOWING THE LANDING THE PILOT LOST VISUAL REFERENCE WITH THE R/W LIGHTS, BECAUSE OF THE SNOW BANKS OBSCURING THE R/W LIGHTS. PILOT DID NOT DETECT THE LEFT DEVIATION FROM THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE AND COLLIDED WITH THE SNOWBANK TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE WINDSOCK VILLAGE AIRPORT IS A TURF SURFACE RUNWAY AND AT THIS TIME OF YEAR WAS COVERED WITH PACKED SNOW AND THE SNOW BANKS THAT SURROUNDS THE RUNWAY WERE APPROXIMATELY FOUR TO SIX FEET IN HEIGHT, IT WAS EASY TO SEE THAT WHEN THE PILOT LANDED AND WAS UNABLE TO SEE ANY RUNWAY LIGHTS, THAT EVERYTHING IN FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT'S LANDING LIGHT WAS ALL WHITE.

## 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 IAD04CA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD04CA010), Feb 11, 2004: Piper PA-20 (N2634A), West Ossipee, NH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inability to maintain runway alignment during the landing rollout. Factors included the night lighting conditions and the snow banks that prevented visual reference to the runway lights.

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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