Piper PA-34 N8372Z

Summary

On 25 January 1991 at about 15:20 local time, a Piper PA-34 registered N8372Z, operated by Department of Interior, was involved in an accident near Pinedale, Wyoming, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

25 January 1991 at 15:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Pinedale, Wyoming, United States

Coordinates

42.8608, -109.8596

Aircraft

Piper PA-34

Registration

N8372Z

Category

Airplane

Operator

Department of Interior

Operating rule

Public Use

Purpose of flight

Public Use

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Big Piney → Pinedale

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

Unk

Light

Not Reported

NTSB number

SEA91TA003

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to attain proper runway alignment during landing. A contributing factor was a snow covered runway.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On January 25, 1991, a Piper PA-34, N8372Z, was substantially damaged while landing at Ralph Wenz Field, Pinedale, Wyoming. The pilot reported that an aircraft in front of his made a go-around because he could not positively identify the snow-covered runway. The accident pilot stated that he aligned the aircraft parallel to, but about 80 feet left of the runway and landed the aircraft off the runway, adjacent to a snow bank. The landing gear collapsed and the fuselage and stabilator sustained structural damage. The flight originated from Big Piney, Wyoming, and was enroute to Pinedale. No additional information is available.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.