- Date
- January 15, 1981
- Place
- Coatesville, PA · COATESVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2147NPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810115024099I
- Case key
- 126663
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0009 81/1/15 COATESVILLE,PA PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1310 N2147N PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG 47, 5998 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 1320 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - CHESTER COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SARANAC,NY COATESVILLE,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT FACILITIES: RUNWAY LIGHTING AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RAMP/TAXIWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS REMARKS- L RWY IDENT STROBE INOP.FINAL APCH ALIGNED TO R OF R STROBE.SIDE STEP BFR TD.HIT SNWBNK BESIDE RWY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2147N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Chester County
N2147NRegistered now · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming IO-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.