- Date
- November 13, 1968
- Place
- Hazelton, PA · HAZELTON, PA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N981MAPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report January 2, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107498
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3977 68/11/13 HAZELTON,PA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2015 N981MA PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 26, 2000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 20 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HAZLETON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO NOTIFY OF UNSAFE COND/AND OR FAILURE TO MARK OBSTRUCTION AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER/INADEQUATE SNOW REMOVAL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- WING STRUCK 3 FT UNMARKED SNOWBANK ON RNWY. NOTAM OF FLD COND DID NOT INCLUDE SNOWBANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N981MA
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hazleton