37.2329° N, 95.7133° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Independence, KS, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 29, 1979 · 16:45 local
Place
Independence, KS
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N533AR
Reported as
Swrngn SA226T
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,400 total300 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.
Pilot lost directional control when he landed on snowy side of a half plowed runway.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WHEN HE LANDED ON SNOWY SIDE OF A HALF PLOWED RUNWAY.