- Date
- February 8, 1976
- Place
- Post Mills, VT · POST MILLS, VT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2143TPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760208004809A
- Case key
- 149846
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0731 76/2/8 POST MILLS,VT PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 1402 TIME - 1600 N2143T PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 362 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - POST MILLS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEWPORT,NH POST MILLS,VT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS REMARKS- ENTRD HI SINK RATE ABT 50FT AGL.STRUCK 7FT HI SNOW BANK ON APCH END OF RWY.WIND GUSTING 20K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2143T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Post Mills
N2143TRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.