- Date
- February 9, 1988, 12:10 local (18:10 UTC)
- Place
- Wis. Rapids, WI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3790TPiper PA-28R-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880209002229A
- Case key
- 14042
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Airplane drifted left into a snowbank while rolling out from a landing on a snow and ice covered runway. Landing winds as reported by the pilot were from 60 degrees to the right of the nose at 5 to 8 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3790T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30103
- Airframe hours
- 3,360
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-B1E, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- L.M. Brown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 25, 1987 · 38 hours before
- Departed
- W122 · Cornell, WI
- Airport
- ISW · South Wood County, runway 20, 5,500 × 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
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 292 total · 145 in this make and model · 18 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 10 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N3790T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.