- Date
- January 22, 1976
- Place
- Beaver Falls, PA · BEAVER FALLS, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4489XPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 14, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760122001629A
- Case key
- 152717
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0457 76/1/22 BEAVER FALLS,PA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1030 N4489X PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 23, 1129 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 31 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BEAVER COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BEAVER FALLS,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS REMARKS- AIRCRAFT HIT SNOW BANK ON APPROACH END OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4489X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Beaver County
N4489XRegistered now · Piper PA-28-181Airframe modelPiper PA-28-181Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.