42.6656° N, 83.4205° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at OAKLAND COUNTY INTL (PTK), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
February 20, 1979 · 12:10 local
Place
Pontiac, MI
Airport
Oakland
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N569BV
Reported as
Beech E18S
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,600 total1,100 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.
Lost directional control on rollout. Ran off runway into snow.
As the FAA filed it
LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON ROLLOUT. RAN OFF RUNWAY INTO SNOW.