# Accident 20080217011019A: Piper PA32300, Kalispell, MT, February 17, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 2008, 14:00 local time
- Place: Kalispell, MT
- Airport: Kalispell City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.1893° N, 114.3799° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1893&lon=-114.3799&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5481T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1A5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 66 total, 16 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08CA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080217011019A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 LAX08CA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA062), Feb 17, 2008: Piper PA-32-300 (N5481T), Kalispell, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain alignment with the runway while landing and executing a go-around.

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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