- Date
- January 9, 1986, 03:00 local (09:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lawrence, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N38127Piper PA-32R-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860109000399A
- Case key
- 34127
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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.
Analysis
The plt stated he mistook an ice and snow covered area for a taxiway and turned off past the actual taxiway. The acft struck a snowbank which collapsed the nosegear. The blue taxiway light was out. This light marks the edge of taxiway. The taxiway was free of ice and snow making it easily destinguishable from the snow and ice at it's edges. The plt was very familiar with the airport, having flown in and out of the airport on numerous occasions. A significant reduction in forward speed after landing is required before executing a turn to the taxiway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N38127
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7780387
- Airframe hours
- 5,217
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540K1G5D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Priority Air
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 1, 1985 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- MKC · Kansas City, MO
- Destination
- 3LA · Lawrence, KS
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 3LA · Lawrence, runway 1, 3,900 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 28
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,615 total · 350 in this make and model · 4,510 as pilot in command · 63 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.