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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Brown Kim F FISHER FLY PROD DAKO · Alton Bay, NH · March 8, 2014

Date: March 8, 2014 · 09:50 local
Place: Alton Bay, NH
Airport: Alton Bay
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N12979
Reported as: Brown Kim F Fisher FLY Prod Dako
Reported engine: Continental A-65-1
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 87 total87 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N12979Registration cancelled Jun 6, 2014 · Brown Kim F FISHER FLY PROD DAKOS/N DH 18 · Built 2010 Airframe modelBrown Kim F FISHER FLY PROD DAKO Engine modelContinental A-65 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Pilot experienced disorientation as to where the white runway and white snowbanks met. By the time he realized he was too close to the snowbank, it was too late, the left tip caught the snowbank, the airplane spun around ninety to one hundred degrees counterclockwise, putting the airplane sideways into the snowbank. The right wing tip dipped and hit the ice/snow. Visible damage to left and right wingtips, windshield, propeller and main landing gear.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT EXPERIENCED DISORIENTATION AS TO WHERE THE WHITE RUNWAY AND WHITE SNOWBANKS MET. BY THE TIME HE REALIZED HE WAS TOO CLOSE TO THE SNOWBANK, IT WAS TOO LATE, THE LEFT TIP CAUGHT THE SNOWBANK, THE AIRPLANE SPUN AROUND NINETY TO ONE HUNDRED DEGREES COUNTERCLOCKWISE, PUTTING THE AIRPLANE SIDEWAYS INTO THE SNOWBANK. THE RIGHT WING TIP DIPPED AND HIT THE ICE/SNOW. VISIBLE DAMAGE TO LEFT AND RIGHT WINGTIPS, WINDSHIELD, PROPELLER AND MAIN LANDING GEAR.