- Date
- January 19, 1983, 10:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Mount Pleasant, UT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9672PPiper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830119001269A
- Case key
- 16034
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Before departing salt lake city, UT, the pilot obtained information about the weather and destination airport at mt Pleasant, UT. The weather was reported VFR and the mt Pleasant municipal airport was reported open. During arrival, the pilot observed furrows of plowed snow on both sides of the runway and saw what he thought was a light covering of new snow on the furrows and runway. However, the snow on the runway was 6 inches thick and covered with a crust of ice. The pilot elected to land. After touchdown, the plane continued normally for 75 to 100 ft, then the main wheels broke through the crust and the aircraft nosed over. An investigation revealed that the airport was unmanaged and no official operations were conducted there during the winter months. Therefore, no notice of the field condition was given to the fss. Since the fss was unaware of the extent of the snow covering, no NOTAM was issued.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9672P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 187509015
- Airframe hours
- 814
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William M. Browning
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 3, 1983 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- SLC · Salt Lake City, UT
- Destination
- Mt Pleasant, UT
- Airport
- 43U · Mt. Pleasant, runway 20, 4,260 × 75 ft, snow
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,306 total · 709 in this make and model · 1,243 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.