Piper PA-12 N2343M

Summary

On 30 September 1982 at about 19:45 local time, a Piper PA-12 registered N2343M, operated by Agricultural Insurance Adminis, was involved in an accident near Salmon, Idaho, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

30 September 1982 at 19:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Salmon, Idaho, United States

Nearest airport

Cold Meadows U.s.f.s. (U81)

Coordinates

44.9994, -113.8608

Aircraft

Piper PA-12

Registration

N2343M

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Agricultural Insurance Adminis

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Salmon → Big Creek

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA83LA001

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.