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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-180 · Sterling, PA · March 6, 2010

Date
March 6, 2010 · 15:30 local
Place
Sterling, PA
Airport
Spring Hill
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7938P
Reported as
Piper PA-24-180
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
330 total167 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Pilot landed at 70N and did not realize that snow had drifted on the FAR end of the runway, narrowing the runway. The wing struck the snow causing the aircraft to spin into the snow bank near the end of the rool out.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LANDED AT 70N AND DID NOT REALIZE THAT SNOW HAD DRIFTED ON THE FAR END OF THE RUNWAY, NARROWING THE RUNWAY. THE WING STRUCK THE SNOW CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SPIN INTO THE SNOW BANK NEAR THE END OF THE ROOL OUT.

Other reports on N7938P · 1

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