42.2403° N, 83.5315° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at WILLOW RUN (YIP), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
January 17, 1985 · 00:26 local
Place
Ypsilanti, MI
Airport
Willow Run
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5110
Reported as
Beech B200
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A41
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,500 total1,772 in this make and model133 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.
Blowing snow obstructed visioin, aircraft misaligned at toucdown. Heard thump at right gear followed by collapse.
As the FAA filed it
BLOWING SNOW OBSTRUCTED VISIOIN, AIRCRAFT MISALIGNED AT TOUCDOWN. HEARD THUMP AT RIGHT GEAR FOLLOWED BY COLLAPSE.