- Date
- December 28, 1978
- Place
- Weedsport, NY · WEEDSPORT, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6929YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report March 28, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781228043789A
- Case key
- 138029
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4154 78/12/28 WEEDSPORT,NY PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 6000 TIME - 2100 N6929Y PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 900 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WHITFORDS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DETROIT,MI WEEDSPORT,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- FBO ASSURED PLT RWY WOULD BE PLOWED,PLT DPTD.SNOW EQPT BROKE DWN,PLOWING NOT DONE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6929Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Whitfords
N6929YRegistration cancelled Mar 5, 2022 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 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.