- Date
- March 14, 1999, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Howell, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N30412Piper J4A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 12, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19990314018999A
- Case key
- 45911
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Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain clearance with the snow covered terrain off the side of the runway while turning the airplane around on the runway. A factor associated with the accident was the snow covered terrain.
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
The pilot reported the accident occurred as he was turning the airplane around on the runway after landing. He reported that the airplane nosed over after contacting snow off the left side of the runway. The runway was 4,300 feet long and 75 feet wide.
Factual narrative
On March 14, 1999, at 1300 eastern standard time, a Piper J4A, NC30412, operated by an Airline Transport rated pilot nosed over while taxiing after landing on runway 31 (4,300' x 75') at the Livingston County Airport, Howell, Michigan. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The airplane was substantially damaged. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions. The departure airport is unknown at this time.
The pilot reported the accident occurred as he was turning the airplane around on the runway after landing. He reported that the airplane nosed over after contacting snow off the left side of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30412
- Reported as
- Piper J4A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4-1193
- Engine
- Continental C-85, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Alexander M. Allan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 78D · Caro, MI
- Destination
- OZW
- Airport
- OZW · Livingston County, runway 31, 4,300 × 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
- 55
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 20 in this make and model · 4,700 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 14 knots, gusting 19
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.