39.8346° N, 88.8657° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at DECATUR (DEC), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
January 19, 1987 · 06:24 local
Place
Decatur, IL
Airport
Decatur
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
DECA
Aircraft
N3GY
Reported as
Beech 200BEECH
People aboard
8
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,000 total900 in this make and model70 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.
Aborted takeoff, right wing contacted a snow drift while taxiing on the runway. Aircraft swerved into a snowbank.
As the FAA filed it
ABORTED TAKEOFF, RIGHT WING CONTACTED A SNOW DRIFT WHILE TAXIING ON THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT SWERVED INTO A SNOWBANK.