- Date
- January 2, 1970
- Place
- Hagerstown, MD · HAGERSTOWN, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N13KPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 141553
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0117 70/1/2 HAGERSTOWN,MD PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 57, 9200 TIME - 0835 N13K PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 2000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HAGERSTOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED HAGERSTOWN,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER/INADEQUATE SNOW REMOVAL AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RAMP/TAXIWAY REMARKS- R WING STRUCK UNMARKED SNOW BANK AT EDGE OF TAXIWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hagerstown
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