- Date
- March 18, 1973
- Place
- Laporte, IN · LAPORTE, IN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9358JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730318006069A
- Case key
- 163217
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0568 73/3/18 LAPORTE,IND PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 57, 3100 TIME - 1830 N9358J PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAPORTE MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARION,ILL LAPORTE,IND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS REMARKS- R WHEEL ENCTRD DEEP SNOW ON UNPLOWED PART OF RWY,ACFT VEERED R HIT SNOW BANK AND NOSED OVR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9358J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Laporte Municipal
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.