- Date
- February 8, 1982, 18:00 local (Feb 9, 1982, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mattoon, IL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8282ZPiper PA-28R-201
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820208004719A
- Case key
- 71610
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot tookoff with an inoperative landing light. After arriving at the destination, it was dark and snowing, and the visibility was about one mile. Airport personnel were removing snow from the lights on runway 11/29. Snow had been cleared from the lights along the north side of the runway. On the south side of runway 29, the crew had progressed from the threshold to the 11th light. They reported being in radio contact with N8282Z and another aircraft. They notified the aircraft of their position with a snow plow off to the side of the runway. The pilot made an ILS approach. He reported seeing lights only on the right side of the runway. He stated that he went over the snow plow and used the lights on the side as a reference to land. During the flare the touchdown, the aircraft hit a snowbank about 1000 ft beyond the snow plow.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8282Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-201
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R8118013
- Airframe hours
- 211
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Edwin D. Buxton
- Registered owner
- Edwin D. Buxton
- Departed
- H84 · Flora, IL
- Destination
- Winona, MN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MTO · Coles County, runway 29, 6,500 × 150 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,357 total · 261 in this make and model · 3,166 as pilot in command · 55 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 90° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MTO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.