- Date
- March 13, 1977
- Place
- Wray, CO · WRAY, CO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6212PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770313006179A
- Case key
- 157647
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0521 77/3/13 WRAY,CO PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 410 TIME - 0830 N6212P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WRAY MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TRIBUNE,KS WRAY,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO NOTIFY OF UNSAFE COND/AND OR FAILURE TO MARK OBSTRUCTION PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER/INADEQUATE SNOW REMOVAL AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY REMARKS- HEIGHT OF SNOWBANKS ALONG RUNWAY WERE HIGHER THAN AND TO NARROW TO CLEAR RIGHT WING OF ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6212P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wray Municipal
N6212PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6212P · 2
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