- Date
- February 29, 1988, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- West Dover, VT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N83459Piper PA-28-160
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880229004029A
- Case key
- 36110
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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 PA-28 landed short of the runway and struck a snowbank receiving substantial damage. The pilot when interviewed by the FAA said the engine did not miss and wasn't cutting out and that he would have to 'take the majority of the blame'. On NTSB form 6120.1, he said the engine was missing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83459
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-160
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8116169
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Columbia Aviation
- Registered owner
- Wyoming Valley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- WBW · Wilkes Barre, PA
- Airport
- 4V8 · Mount Snow, runway 19, 2,650 × 75 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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 185 total · 29 in this make and model · 150 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 19 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.