- Date
- December 29, 1983, 13:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Rome, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1829APiper PA18-A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831229064359A
- Case key
- 39858
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Analysis
The acft nosed over in the snow during an enroute landing while on a cross country. The plt had landed at this arpt a week before. In the meanwhile there had accumulated 14 inches of snow on the rwy. During the rollout in this snow the acft suddenly stopped and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1829A
- Reported as
- Piper PA18-A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-1679
- Airframe hours
- 2,400
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas P. Clark
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BAM · Battle Mountain, NV
- Destination
- BDI · Boise, ID
- Airport
- REO · Rome State, runway 2, 6,000 × 150 ft, snow
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 667 total · 216 in this make and model · 550 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 25 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.