# Incident 19940131003419I: Beech 200BEECH, Michigan City, IN, January 31, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 1994, 07:35 local time
- Place: Michigan City, IN
- Airport: Michigan City Apt
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7033° N, 86.8212° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Michigan City Municipal Airport (MGC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7033&lon=-86.8212&mi=10
- Aircraft: N869, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N869-2018-08-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 200 (registry code 1152920, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 200BEECH
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,500 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940131003419I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 31, 1994, AT APPROXIMATELY 0735 CDT, AIRCRAFT N869, A BEECHCRAFT BE-200 CAME INTO CONTACT WITH A SNOW BANK DURING A TAKEOFF ROLL ON RUNWAY 2 AT MICHIGAN CITY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (MGC) IN MICHIGAN CITY, INDIANA. THE CORPORATE FLIGHT OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR 91, AND HAD FILED AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN AND WAS GIVEN A RELEASE TIME BY SBN-ATCT. THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING TAKEOFF, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR STARTED TO DRAG INTO A SNOW BANK CAUSING A LEFT TURNING TENDENCY. HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT FROM DRIFTING LEFT AND PROCEEDED TO SHUT THE ENGINES DOWN. THEN, CONTACT WITH A SNOW BANK CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE FURTHER CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH PROPELLERS AND THE NOSE GEAR. THE PILOT ALSO REPORTED THAT NO INJURIES WERE RECEIVED AS A RESULT OF THIS OCCURRENCE. A MAINTENANCE INSPECTION REVEALED NO MAINTENANCE DISCREPANCIES.

## Other reports on N869 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19991111046239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991111046239A), Nov 11, 1999: N869, Chicago, IL, No damage. (-23) Witness said they observed the aircraft use the full lengthe of runway 18 during takeoff with no obvious attempt to rotate and lift off the ground or…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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