19970124004379I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 501 · Washington, IN · January 24, 1997

Date: January 24, 1997 · 08:15 local
Place: Washington, IN
Airport: Daviess Co Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N500GA
Reported as: Cessna 501
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney JT15D1
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 12,000 total5,000 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.

Narrative: pilot indicated that after landing he had no braking due to ice on the runway. Confirmed from interviews and other reports that there was a coat of ice in area at time of landing. The length of runway (4621) and lack of reversers prevented a go-around. The aircraft slid off the runway into a ditch and then up onto a taxiway near the end of the runway. The nose gear collapsed and lower strut with wheel were broken off. Aircraft sustained minor damage. No injuries.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT INDICATED THAT AFTER LANDING HE HAD NO BRAKING DUE TO ICE ON THE RUNWAY. CONFIRMED FROM INTERVIEWS AND OTHER REPORTS THAT THERE WAS A COAT OF ICE IN AREA AT TIME OF LANDING. THE LENGTH OF RUNWAY (4621) AND LACK OF REVERSERS PREVENTED A GO-AROUND. THE AIRCRAFT SLID OFF THE RUNWAY INTO A DITCH AND THEN UP ONTO A TAXIWAY NEAR THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND LOWER STRUT WITH WHEEL WERE BROKEN OFF. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. NO INJURIES.