- Date
- February 12, 2004, 21:30 local (Feb 13, 2004, 04:30 UTC)
- Place
- Rexburg, ID
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2216MPiper PA-28R-201T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 28, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20040212001749A
- Case key
- 58772
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain runway alignment, and clearance from the snow bank. A snow bank adjacent to the runway was a factor.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The commercial pilot reported that the airplane touched down right of runway centerline. He reported that during the landing roll, the aircraft's right main encountered a snow bank adjacent to the runway "...causing the aircraft to slow and turn nearly 180 degrees." He reported that when the airplane "spun", the left main landing gear collapsed and the left wing impacted the snow bank. The pilot estimated the snow bank to be approximately 24 inches in height.
Factual narrative
On February 12, 2004, about 2130 mountain standard time, a Piper PA-28R-201T (Arrow), N2216M, sustained substantial damage when it collided with a snow bank during the landing roll-out at the Rexburg-Madison County Airport, Rexburg, Idaho. The airplane is owned by Aero Technicians of Rexburg, and was being operated by the commercial pilot as a visual flight rules (VFR) personal/pleasure flight under the provisions of Title 14, CFR Part 91. The pilot and the three passengers aboard the airplane were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the local flight that originated from Rexburg approximately 30 minutes prior to the accident.
In a written statement dated February 19, 2004, the pilot reported that while landing on Runway 17, the airplane touched down right of runway centerline. He reported that during the landing roll, the aircraft's right main landing gear encountered a snow bank adjacent to the runway "...causing the aircraft to slow and turn nearly 180 degrees." He reported that when the airplane "spun", the left main landing gear collapsed and the left wing impacted the snow bank.
The aircraft sustained substantial damage to the left wing assembly.
The pilot estimated the snow bank to be approximately 24 inches in height.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2216M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-201T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7803112
- Engine
- Lycoming TSIO-360, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jerrod M. Brower
- Registered owner
- Aero Technicians
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- RXE · Rexburg, ID
- Destination
- RXE · Rexburg, ID
- Airport
- U11 · Rexburg-Madison County, runway 17
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 23
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 288 total · 25 in this make and model · 9 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.