ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 309021
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| Date: | Friday 20 January 2023 |
| Time: | 19:30 LT |
| Type: |  American Champion 8KCAB |
| Owner/operator: | Flying W Ranch |
| Registration: | N717DJ |
| MSN: | 1121-2012 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2012 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1336 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming AEIO-360 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hyannis, Nebraska -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Wamego, KS (69K) |
| Hyannis, NE | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During the landing roll of a night landing, the airplane contacted a 12-inch high snowbank on the right side of the runway and nosed over, which resulted in substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer. The pilot the pilot reported that there was about 15 ft of unplowed snow on the right side of the runway and about 6ft of unplowed snow on the left side of the 50 ft wide runway. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a snowbank during landing, which resulted in a nose-over.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CEN23LA090
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