# NTSB SEA04CA041: Piper PA-28R-201T, N2216M, Rexburg, ID, February 13, 2004 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: February 12, 2004, 21:30 local (Feb 13, 2004, 04:30 UTC) - Place: Rexburg, ID - Coordinates: 43.833889, -111.805274 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8339&lon=-111.8053&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 4 uninjured - Status: Completed, report April 28, 2004 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 58772 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA04CA041 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/58772/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04CA041 ## 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 In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor) - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - Main gear collapsed, landing - roll - landing gear - overload - ground loop/swerve - abrupt, pilot in command ## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2216M-2016-01-12), registration cancelled 2016-01-12, S/N 28R-7803112, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Piper PA-28R-201T - Registry model: [Piper PA-28R-201T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (registry code 7102813) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (registry code 17019, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 28R-7803112 - Engines: 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 ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 23; 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20040212001749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040212001749A), Feb 12, 2004: Piper PA28R201T, Rexburg, ID, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot stated he landed well right of the centerline on runway 17. He continued to drift to the right on the runway because of patchy ice and snow and… From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. 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