- Date
- January 29, 1979
- Place
- Milwaukee, WI · MILWAUKEE, WI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4823SPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790129001849A
- Case key
- 137447
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0505 79/1/29 MILWAUKEE,WI PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 385 TIME - 0820 N4823S PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 290 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MITCHELL FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FARGO,ND PONTIAC,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY REMARKS- OVERFLEW 1ST 1/3 RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4823S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mitchell Field
N4823SRegistration cancelled Dec 17, 2014 · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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.
Other investigations on N4823S · 1
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