- Date
- February 21, 1987, 21:30 local (Feb 22, 1987, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Tunkhannock, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3045ZPiper PA-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870221003059A
- Case key
- 30609
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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.
Analysis
The plt was lndg on a grass rwy with an access road bordering the apch end. Across the road from the rwy threshold, there was a pile of snow which previously had been plowed from the rwy. In reference to lndg at ngt, the plt stated, 'coming in on final, I noticed a slight ground fog, but when I saw runway, thought I had bank cleared.' However, beforereaching the rwy, the acft struck the snowbank. During the occurrence, the nose gear, prop, lower fwd part of the acft & left wing tip were dmgd.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3045Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-6999
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David G. Markiarian
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- 76N · Sky Haven, runway 36, 1,900 × 254 ft, grass/turf
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 700 total · 700 in this make and model · 700 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.