# NTSB MKC84LA045: Piper PA-28-140, N9565W, Iowa Falls, IA, December 26, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 26, 1983, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Iowa Falls, IA
- Coordinates: 42.519176, -93.259658 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5192&lon=-93.2597&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33608
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84LA045
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33608/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA045

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - runway (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - total, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - icy (contributing factor)
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - inadvertent use, pilot in command (cause)
  - remedial action - not possible, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE ACFT SWERVED AND COLLIDED WITH A SNOWBANK ALONGSIDE THE RWY DURING LANDING. THE PILOT STATED THAT SHE HIT SOME SNOW AND ICE ON THE RWY AND WHEN THE ACFT STARTED TO SLIDE SHE LOST CONTROL. THE ACFT TURNED LEFT AND WHEN THE LEFT WING HIT THE SNOWBANK THE ACFT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9565W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9565W-2015-05-11), registration cancelled 2015-05-11, S/N 28-23003, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (registry code 7102802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-23003
- Airframe hours: 2594
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2A 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Iowa Falls Executive Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 27, 1983, 38 hours before
- Departed: K30, IOWA FALLS, IA
- Airport: K30, Iowa Falls Muni, runway 13, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 22; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 77 total, 4 in this make and model, 32 as pilot in command, 3 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 230° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 9 °F, dew point 1 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MCW, 36 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831226063359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831226063359A), Dec 26, 1983: Piper PA28140, Iowa Falls, IA, Substantial damage. During landing, aircraft skidded on ice patch and left wing caught in snowbank. Aircraft flipped inverted.

## Other investigations on N9565W (1)

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.

- [NTSB FTW69F0295](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW69F0295), Nov 22, 1968: Piper PA-28 (N9565W), Oklahoma Cty, OK, substantial damage

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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