# Incident 19970124004539I: Cessna 550, Chicago, IL, January 24, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 1997, 17:45 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Lansing Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5349° N, 87.5295° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LANSING MUNI (IGQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5349&lon=-87.5295&mi=10
- Aircraft: N67TM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 550
- Reported engine: PWA JT15D4
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 700 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970124004539I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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