- Date
- September 30, 1982, 13:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Salmon, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2343MPiper PA-12
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820930052479A
- Case key
- 72468
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that the strip had about 1,500 ft of usable length, the remaining 3,050 ft consisted of unpacked snow &slush. The usable width of the first 1,500 ft was reported as 8-12 ft. at the time of takeoff the first 1,500 ft was covered with hard packed melting snow & some slush. About 200 ft into the takeoff roll the acft encountered a deep area of snow/slush. Directional control was lost & the acft veered off the rwy coming to a stop inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2343M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 121603
- Airframe hours
- 3,480
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Agricultural Insurance Adminis
- Registered owner
- Reed Taylor
- Departed
- U81 · Salmon, ID
- Destination
- U60 · Big Creek, ID
- Airport
- U81 · Cold Meadows U.S.F.S., runway 17, 4,550 × 90 ft, dirt
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
- 30
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,470 total · 12 in this make and model · 2,360 as pilot in command · 243 in the last 90 days · 76 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 104 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2343M · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.