- Date
- January 6, 1977
- Place
- Beverly, MA · BEVERLY, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N15963Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 14, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770106000909A
- Case key
- 156928
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0979 77/1/6 BEVERLY,MA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 191 TIME - 1335 N15963 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 163 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JOHN MOUNTAIN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BEVERLY,MA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER/INADEQUATE SNOW REMOVAL AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- AIRCRAFT STRUCK 8FT SNOWBANK APPROACH END OF RUNWAY,NOT SEEN BY PILOT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15963
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- John Mountain
N15963Registration cancelled Jun 26, 2002 · 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.
Other investigations on N15963 · 1
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