# Incident 19970222001779I: Cessna 550, Alma, MI, February 22, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 1997, 19:45 local time
- Place: Alma, MI
- Airport: Gratiot Community Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.3221° N, 84.6879° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRATIOT COMMUNITY (AMN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3221&lon=-84.6879&mi=10
- Aircraft: N870WC (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: 12,025 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 88 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970222001779I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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