19970124004539I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 550 · Chicago, IL · January 24, 1997

Date
January 24, 1997 · 17:45 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Lansing Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N67TM
Reported as
Cessna 550
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT15D4
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
15,000 total700 in this make and model45 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: the pilot in command elected to execute the GPS runway 27 instrument procedure. The approach was unsuccessful. The pilot stated he visually inspected the runway during the missed approach and saw only patchy snow cover. At its weight, the aircraft required 2,000 feet of runway under normal conditions. A distance correction factor of 1.45 was applied as recommended by the manufacturer for wet runways. The second approach was successful, however the pilot found braking action poor to nil and intentionally steered the aircraft off the left side of runway 27 rather than run off the runway end and onto a city street. The airport manager reported snow had been falling for about 1 hour with an estimated depth of 1 inch. The pilot was aware of the snow but could not obtain a runway condition report. The CE-550 checklist advises a correction factor of 2.35 for landings in snow depths of 1 inch. The runway length is 3,658 feet.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT IN COMMAND ELECTED TO EXECUTE THE GPS RUNWAY 27 INSTRUMENT PROCEDURE. THE APPROACH WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE PILOT STATED HE VISUALLY INSPECTED THE RUNWAY DURING THE MISSED APPROACH AND SAW ONLY PATCHY SNOW COVER. AT ITS WEIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT REQUIRED 2,000 FEET OF RUNWAY UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS. A DISTANCE CORRECTION FACTOR OF 1.45 WAS APPLIED AS RECOMMENDED BY THE MANUFACTURER FOR WET RUNWAYS. THE SECOND APPROACH WAS SUCCESSFUL, HOWEVER THE PILOT FOUND BRAKING ACTION POOR TO NIL AND INTENTIONALLY STEERED THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 27 RATHER THAN RUN OFF THE RUNWAY END AND ONTO A CITY STREET. THE AIRPORT MANAGER REPORTED SNOW HAD BEEN FALLING FOR ABOUT 1 HOUR WITH AN ESTIMATED DEPTH OF 1 INCH. THE PILOT WAS AWARE OF THE SNOW BUT COULD NOT OBTAIN A RUNWAY CONDITION REPORT. THE CE-550 CHECKLIST ADVISES A CORRECTION FACTOR OF 2.35 FOR LANDINGS IN SNOW DEPTHS OF 1 INCH. THE RUNWAY LENGTH IS 3,658 FEET.