- Date
- January 1, 1978
- Place
- Mt Pocono, PA · MT POCONO, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N212BMPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report February 17, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780101000039A
- Case key
- 143504
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0032 78/1/1 MT POCONO,PA PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 535 TIME - 1250 N212BM PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MT POCONO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MT POCONO,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AIRPORT HAZARD LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY REMARKS- HI SUN ANGLE AND LACK OF CONTRAST,L LNDG GR STRUCK LARGE PIECE OF FROZEN ICE FM SNOW REMOVAL OPN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N212BM
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mt Pocono
N212BMRegistered now · Piper PA-28R-200Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 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 N212BM · 1
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