19790129001879A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech B35 · Ft Wayne, IN · January 29, 1979

Date
January 29, 1979 · 19:37 local
Place
Ft Wayne, IN
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8916A
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI79DET12
Reported as
Beech B35
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,795 total1,072 in this make and model39 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.

Pilot lost directional control while landing on runway covered with patches of packed snow and ice.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY COVERED WITH PATCHES OF PACKED SNOW AND ICE.

NTSB investigation

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