- Date
- December 15, 1985, 15:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Dodgeville, WI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8458HPiper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851215063359A
- Case key
- 13393
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After a x-country flt and during the landing roll the acft started to drift left on the snow covered rwy. The left main gear then encountered deeper snow causing the acft to swing to the left and run into a six-ft snowbank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8458H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 288290053
- Airframe hours
- 1,016
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Iowa City Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1985 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- IOW · Iowa City, IA
- Destination
- 55C
- Airport
- 55C · Dodgeville, runway 30, 2,740 × 75 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 88 total · 6 in this make and model · 60 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 18 °F, dew point 3 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSN, 38 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.