- Date
- February 10, 1988, 06:35 local (12:35 UTC)
- Place
- Burlington, IA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2230DPiper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880210003219A
- Case key
- 34537
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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
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Airport snow removal - not performedFactor
Airport facilities,taxiway marking - inadequateCause
Airport facilities,taxiway condition - hidden obstruction(s)Cause
Analysis
While taxiing out on a snow covered taxiway, during an air taxi operation, the aircraft struck an unmarked, unlighted, snow covered drainage hole, with the left landing gear. Substantial damage occurred to the left engine nacelle, the left wing spar, and the left ldg gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2230D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 347970031
- Airframe hours
- 2,407
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-EB, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Remmers Aviation
- Registered owner
- Miller Air Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 7, 1987 · 96 hours before
- Departed
- BRL · Burlington, IA
- Destination
- IXD · Olathe, KS
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BRL · Burlington, runway 30, 5,350 × 150 ft, concrete
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,525 total · 430 in this make and model · 6,329 as pilot in command · 164 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 30° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 800 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 16 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.