# NTSB IAD70DIG01: Piper PA-30, N13K, Hagerstown, MD, January 2, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 2, 1970
- Place: Hagerstown, MD · HAGERSTOWN, MD
- Location: 39.6380° N, 77.7233° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hagerstown, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6380&lon=-77.7233&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 11, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 141553
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=IAD70DIG01
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD70DIG01

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N13K-2000-12-22), registration cancelled 2000-12-22, S/N 30-441 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Registry model: [Piper PA-30](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (registry code 7103002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Hagerstown

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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