# Incident 19960320008309I: Lear 25D, Portland, TN, March 20, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 1996, 11:00 local time
- Place: Portland, TN
- Airport: Portland Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.5927° N, 86.4769° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Portland Municipal Airport (1M5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5927&lon=-86.4769&mi=10
- Aircraft: N321GL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 25D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,300 total, 6,050 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960320008309I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: N321GL EXECUTED AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH TO RW 19 AT PORTLAND, TN, (1M5) AND COMPLETED A LOW APPROACH TO EVALUATE THE RUNWAY CONDITIONS PRIOR TO LANDING. THERE WAS NO ONE AT THE AIRPORT TO ISSUE A FIELD CONDITIONS REPORT ON UNICOM. THE VISUAL EVALUATION INDICATED THAT THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY WAS CLEAR, AS WAS A PATCH 1/2 DOWN THE 5000 FOOT RUNWAY ON THE WEST SIDE. WHEN N321GL LANDED, WHAT APPEARED TO BE A LIGHT DUSTING OF SNOW WAS DISCOVERED TO BE 3 INCHES TO 4 INCHES OF SLUSHY SNOW. AS SPEED DECREASED THE AIRCRAFT HYDROPLANED AND WEATHERVEINED LEAVING THE RIGHT SIDE OF RW19 AT THE 3000 FOOT POINT, AND CAME TO REST 90 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY HEADING, 50 FEET TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY SURFACE, AND STRADDLING A SNOW FILLED DITCH. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, AND THE LEFT MAIN GEAR FAIRING WAS DAMAGED. MUD WAS SPLATTERED OVER THE LEFT WING AND ON THE LEFT ENGINE COWL AND INTAKE AREA. THERE DID NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY OTHER SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES OR SKIN.

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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