- Date
- February 5, 1978
- Place
- Morgantown, WV · MORGANTOWN, WV
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N55193Piper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report March 8, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780205001319A
- Case key
- 143606
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0049 78/2/5 MORGANTOWN,WV PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 1010 TIME - 1948 N55193 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 950 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARTFIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BLUEFIELD,WV MORGANTOWN,WV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FROZEN, MOISTURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55193
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hartfield
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.