- Date
- March 19, 1973
- Place
- Wadsworth, OH · WADSWORTH, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8298PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report May 1, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730319006589A
- Case key
- 170407
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0616 73/3/19 WADSWORTH,OHIO PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 429 TIME - 2015 N8298P PX- 0 0 0 DUAL TOTAL HOURS, 282 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WADSWORTH MUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WADSWORTH,OHIO LOCAL 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 PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER/INADEQUATE SNOW REMOVAL AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY REMARKS- INST FLT INSTR.R BRAKE LININGS P/N752308 WORN PIST MVD O RING EXPSD FLUID LKD.L WHEEL HIT SNW RDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8298P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wadsworth Mun
N8298PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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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.