38.7468° N, 77.4826° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Manassas, VA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 13, 1989 · 18:30 local
Place
Manassas, VA
Airport
Manassas Municipal/Harry P Davis
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
APWA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3690B
Reported as
Beech 200BEECH
People aboard
8
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,600 total30 in this make and model100 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.
Runway lights obscured by plowed snow. Rolled into fog. Lost orientation and veered into snowbank.
As the FAA filed it
RUNWAY LIGHTS OBSCURED BY PLOWED SNOW. ROLLED INTO FOG. LOST ORIENTATION AND VEERED INTO SNOWBANK.