- Date
- March 8, 1982, 09:20 local (15:20 UTC)
- Place
- Grand Marais, MN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6625YPiper PA-23 250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 8, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820308003049A
- Case key
- 70879
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
After clearing trees located approximately 1000 feet from the end of the runway the pilot reduced power and added flaps in an attempt to land close to the approach end. The aircraft struck a snowbank on short final for the snow covered runway 27.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6625Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23 250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27 3932
- Airframe hours
- 6,652
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Northern Airmotive Inc
- Registered owner
- Northern Airmotive Inc
- Departed
- Marquette, MI
- Destination
- Grand Marais, MN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- GRM · Grand Marais, runway 27, 2,800 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 3,900 total · 1,494 in this make and model · 3,730 as pilot in command · 85 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GRM
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.