# Incident 20100306029439I: Piper PA-24-180, Sterling, PA, March 6, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 2010, 15:30 local time
- Place: Sterling, PA
- Airport: Spring Hill
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3474° N, 75.4159° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPRING HILL (24PS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3474&lon=-75.4159&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7938P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7938P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-180 (registry code 7102403, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 330 total, 167 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100306029439I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 20030402004419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030402004419I), Apr 2, 2003: Piper PA24180 (N7938P), Athens, GA, Minor damage. (-23) Student training in progress this flight. The flight was to be terminated with the student pilot conducting a cross wind landing on rwy 27 at the Athens…

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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