# NTSB SEA82DA030: Piper PA-28-181, N3561G, Jerome, ID, February 26, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: February 25, 1982, 21:45 local (Feb 26, 1982, 04:45 UTC)
- Place: Jerome, ID
- Coordinates: 42.730438, -114.429763 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7304&lon=-114.4298&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 25, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71195
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA82DA030
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71195/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DA030

## Analysis

THE STUDENT WAS PRACTICING NIGHT LANDINGS UNDER SUPERVISION OF AN INSTRUCTOR. THERE WAS A 40 DEGREE LEFT CROSS- WIND PREVAILING AT 16 KNOTS. WHILE LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND DRIFTED RIGHT. THE INSTRUCTOR THOUGHT THERE WAS PLENTY OF ROOM, SO HE DID NOT ASSUME CONTROL OF THE PLANE. HOWEVER, DURING THE NEXT TOUCHDOWN, THE PLANE STRUCK A SNOWBANK. THE SNOWBANK WAS PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY AND WAS LOCATED ABOUT 20 FT INSIDE OF THE RUNWAY LIGHTS.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, dual student (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, dual student
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snowbank (contributing factor)
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3561G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3561G-1989-02-06), registration cancelled 1989-02-06, S/N 288090185 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-181](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (registry code 7102807) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28 8090185
- Airframe hours: 965
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A4M 181 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Sun Valley Aviation
- Registered owner: Harry Oppenheimer
- Departed: SUN, HAILEY, ID
- Destination: SUN, HAILEY, ID
- Airport: U73, Jerome, runway 8, 3,200 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 1,495 total, 110 in this make and model, 1,321 as pilot in command, 80 in the last 90 days, 35 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 40° at 16 knots
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 91 °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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820225000749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820225000749A), Feb 25, 1982: Piper PA28181, Jerome, ID, Substantial damage. Allowed aircraft to drift off runway centerline. Struck snowbank located 20 feet inside of runway lights.

## Other investigations on N3561G (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN85LA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LA142), May 28, 1985: Piper PA-28-181 (N3561G), Bluff, UT, destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.