- Date
- February 4, 1981
- Place
- Macon, MO · MACON, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4420XPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 20, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810204002689A
- Case key
- 127766
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0070 81/2/4 MACON,MO PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 30, 19 TOTAL TIME - 1200 N4420X PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MACON FOWER MEM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION QUINCY,IL MACON,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER/INADEQUATE SNOW REMOVAL AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- COLLIDED W/SNOWBANK ACROSS RWY THRESHOLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4420X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Macon Fower Mem
N4420XRegistration cancelled Nov 17, 2004 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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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.
Other investigations on N4420X · 1
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