- Date
- January 17, 1986, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- West Dover, VT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8360WPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860117039239A
- Case key
- 30298
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
On ground/water collision with object
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - icyFactor
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snowbankFactor
In-flight planning/decision - improperCause
Analysis
During the landing roll on ice covered runway the aircraft ran off the departure end of the runway and collided with a snow bank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8360W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8116186
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Roger M. Madiou
- Registered owner
- Trans Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 2, 1985 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- FRG · Farmingdale, NY
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 4V8 · Mt. Snow, runway 19, 2,650 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,563 total · 300 in this make and model · 1,417 as pilot in command · 90 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft broken
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.