- Date
- January 2, 1971
- Place
- Seneca Falls, NY · SENECA FALLS, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3810WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report November 12, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159995
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0359 71/1/2 SENECA FALLS,NY PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 158 TIME - 1500 N3810W PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 63 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SENECA FALLS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SENECA FALLS,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- HIT FROZEN SNOWBANK APRX 3FT HI ON APCH END OF RNY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3810W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Seneca Falls
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