- Date
- February 29, 1984, 12:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Point Lookout, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N74WBPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840229005139A
- Case key
- 33642
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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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Planned approach - improperCause
Terrain condition - snowbankFactor
Clearance - misjudgedCause
Nose over
Analysis
The plt angled in on the final approach at low alt. And the right landing gear hit a snowbank. The collision pulled the acft into the snow and it nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74WB
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7409047
- Airframe hours
- 6,200
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320 A2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John S. Hoynacki
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 30, 1983 · 30 hours before
- Airport
- PLK · M. Graham Clark, runway 29, 3,600 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,917 total · 50 in this make and model · 1,533 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.