- Date
- December 29, 1985, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Frankfort, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9949WPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851229064009A
- Case key
- 30283
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Analysis
The plt diverted to Frankfort-highland en route from his original destination of utica, NY, because of IFR weather at utica. The plt stated that as the nose wheel settled to the rwy during touchdown, it dug into snow on the rwy and the acft nosed over. It was later discovered the rwy was covered with 1 1/2 feet of snow at the point where touchdown was accomplished. The remaining rwy surface was covered with aprx 6 inches of snow.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9949W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-23494
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Brian C. Alessi
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1984 · 64 hours before
- Departed
- ALB · Albany, NY
- Destination
- UCA · Utica, NY
- Airport
- Frankfort-Highland, runway 31, 2,500 × 30 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 154 total · 36 in this make and model · 119 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Temperature
- 25 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.