- Date
- February 1, 1987, 14:49 local (19:49 UTC)
- Place
- Shelburne, VT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8820WPiper PA-28-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870201001989A
- Case key
- 30592
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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.
Undershoot
Distance - misjudgedCause
Proper touchdown point - not identifiedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - snowbankFactor
Analysis
Pilot misjudged height of snowbank at the approach end of the runway and allowed the aircraft to descend too low. The main gear collided with the snowbank causing substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8820W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-10368
- Airframe hours
- 2,394
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B4B5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William David Noel
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 13, 1986 · 6 hours before
- Airport
- 9B3 · Shelburne, runway 1, 2,500 × 120 ft, grass/turf
N8820WRegistration cancelled Nov 20, 2014 · Piper PA-28-235Airframe modelPiper PA-28-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 326 total · 61 in this make and model · 246 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 45° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Temperature
- 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.