44.7416° N, 85.5819° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at CHERRY CAPITAL (TVC), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
December 23, 1985 · 19:26 local
Place
Traverse City, MI
Airport
Cherry Capital
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
MAAA
Aircraft
N242MA
Reported as
Fokker F27MK500
People aboard
15
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
18,004 total1,101 in this make and model204 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.
Aircraft veered off runway during landing in crosswind. Landed with left main in unplowed snow after whiteout.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF RUNWAY DURING LANDING IN CROSSWIND. LANDED WITH LEFT MAIN IN UNPLOWED SNOW AFTER WHITEOUT.