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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 550 · Alma, MI · February 22, 1997

Date: February 22, 1997 · 19:45 local
Place: Alma, MI
Airport: Gratiot Community Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N870WC
Reported as: Cessna 550
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney JT15D4
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 12,025 total1,800 in this make and model88 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: aircraft landed normal. When reversers were deployed and before power was increased aircraft began to slide side ways on runway. privacy data omitted No reverse power was added and aircraft slid off right side of runway 09. Right main gear collapsed as aircraft exited runway. Pilot & co-pilot both interviewed. They stated that aircraft landed normal and no control problem experienced until reversers deployed during slide. No steering ability was evident. Pilot felt that aircraft was hydroplaning on wet runway. Pilot and co-pilot counseled. No further action planned. Pilot has no prior incidents. This matter considered closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT LANDED NORMAL. WHEN REVERSERS WERE DEPLOYED AND BEFORE POWER WAS INCREASED AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SLIDE SIDE WAYS ON RUNWAY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NO REVERSE POWER WAS ADDED AND AIRCRAFT SLID OFF RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 09. RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AS AIRCRAFT EXITED RUNWAY. PILOT & CO-PILOT BOTH INTERVIEWED. THEY STATED THAT AIRCRAFT LANDED NORMAL AND NO CONTROL PROBLEM EXPERIENCED UNTIL REVERSERS DEPLOYED DURING SLIDE. NO STEERING ABILITY WAS EVIDENT. PILOT FELT THAT AIRCRAFT WAS HYDROPLANING ON WET RUNWAY. PILOT AND CO-PILOT COUNSELED. NO FURTHER ACTION PLANNED. PILOT HAS NO PRIOR INCIDENTS. THIS MATTER CONSIDERED CLOSED.