- Date
- January 30, 1968
- Place
- Rural Retreat, VA · RURAL RETREAT, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3815WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report May 13, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111440
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0741 68/1/30 RURAL RETREAT,VA PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 968 TIME - 1900 N3815W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 421 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MT.EMPIRE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER/INADEQUATE SNOW REMOVAL REMARKS- PLT KNEW OF SNOW RIDGE LEFT BY PLOW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3815W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mt.Empire
N3815WRegistered now · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N3815W · 1
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