35.1699° N, 101.8259° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at TRADEWIND (TDW), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
January 21, 1983 · 14:00 local
Place
Amarillo, TX
Airport
Tradewind
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N111JW
Reported as
Beech 200BEECH
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6*
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,500 total2,800 in this make and model125 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.
On takeoff roll snowbank fell in front of aircraft. Left main gear struck snow. Threw aircraft into snowbank.
As the FAA filed it
ON TAKEOFF ROLL SNOWBANK FELL IN FRONT OF AIRCRAFT. LEFT MAIN GEAR STRUCK SNOW. THREW AIRCRAFT INTO SNOWBANK.