What happened
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(-23) On February 17, 2008, about 14:00 MST, a Piper PA-32-300, N5481T, was substantially damaged when the right main gear was sheared off during landing roll by collision with a snow berm off the right side of runway 13 at Kalispell City Airport (S27), Kalispell, MT. The private pilot and one passenger exited without injury. The airplane was registered to weggeland development group, ltd, and operated by the pilot under 14 CFR 91. Day visual meteorological conditions prevailed with calm winds. No flight plan was filed for local landing practice flight. The aircraft departed S27 at about 13:45 MST. The pilot stated that the airplane touched down to the right of the centerline, bounced and then drifted further right. He initiated a go around, but before attaining flying speed, the right gear impacted a three foot high snow berm left by a snowplow. The airplane then slid across the snow and came to rest between the runway and parallel taxiway with the nose pointing about 100 degrees left of the original direction of travel. There was no prop strike and the engine was shut down by the pilot prior to exiting the aircraft. Both wings, the right stabilator, and all three landing gear were substantially damaged.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ON FEBRUARY 17, 2008, ABOUT 14:00 MST, A PIPER PA-32-300, N5481T, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WAS SHEARED OFF DURING LANDING ROLL BY COLLISION WITH A SNOW BERM OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 13 AT KALISPELL CITY AIRPORT (S27), KALISPELL, MT. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER EXITED WITHOUT INJURY. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO WEGGELAND DEVELOPMENT GROUP, LTD, AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT UNDER 14 CFR 91. DAY VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED WITH CALM WINDS. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR LOCAL LANDING PRACTICE FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED S27 AT ABOUT 13:45 MST. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN TO THE RIGHT OF THE CENTERLINE, BOUNCED AND THEN DRIFTED FURTHER RIGHT. HE INITIATED A GO AROUND, BUT BEFORE ATTAINING FLYING SPEED, THE RIGHT GEAR IMPACTED A THREE FOOT HIGH SNOW BERM LEFT BY A SNOWPLOW. THE AIRPLANE THEN SLID ACROSS THE SNOW AND CAME TO REST BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND PARALLEL TAXIWAY WITH THE NOSE POINTING ABOUT 100 DEGREES LEFT OF THE ORIGINAL DIRECTION OF TRAVEL. THERE WAS NO PROP STRIKE AND THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN BY THE PILOT PRIOR TO EXITING THE AIRCRAFT. BOTH WINGS, THE RIGHT STABILATOR, AND ALL THREE LANDING GEAR WERE SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.
NTSB investigation
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