19780131001699I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 99 · Morgantown, WV · January 31, 1978

Date
January 31, 1978 · 09:55 local
Place
Morgantown, WV
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8558R
NTSB investigation
NTSBIAD78IA037
Reported as
Beech 99
People aboard
14
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,038 total4,145 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Airport was taxied into snow drift that was across a closed runway. Nose gear collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

AIRPORT WAS TAXIED INTO SNOW DRIFT THAT WAS ACROSS A CLOSED RUNWAY. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.