- Date
- February 27, 1984, 13:12 local (19:12 UTC)
- Place
- Jefferson City, MO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7734CPiper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840227004719A
- Case key
- 33640
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snow coveredFactor
Planning/decision - improperCause
Weather condition - low ceilingFactor
Weather condition - snowFactor
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Terrain condition - snowbankFactor
Proper alignment - not maintained
Analysis
The acft drifted left due to a crosswind during landing. The drift put the acft into snow which had been plowed along the rwy side. The collision pulled the acft off the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7734C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7690079
- Airframe hours
- 3,413
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Express Flight, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 20, 1983 · 41 hours before
- Departed
- STJ · St. Joseph, MO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MO · Jefferson City, runway 30, 5,001 × 100 ft, asphalt
N7734CRegistered now · Piper PA-28-181Airframe modelPiper PA-28-181Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,901 total · 546 in this make and model · 3,760 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 600 ft
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JEF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.