- Date
- March 24, 1974
- Place
- Sheboygn Fall, WI · SHEBOYGN FALL, WI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N40903Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740324005069A
- Case key
- 186664
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0292 74/3/24 SHEBOYGN FALL,WIS PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 68 TOTAL TIME - 0925 N40903 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHEBOYGAN COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CEDAR RAPIDS,IOWA SHEBOYGN FALL,WIS 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 FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 300 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- ACFT VEERED R HIT SNOWBANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40903
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sheboygan County
N40903Registered now · Piper PA-28-151Airframe modelPiper PA-28-151Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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