# Incident 19970418014549I: Beech B200, Rangeley, ME, April 18, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 1997, 17:55 local time
- Place: Rangeley, ME
- Airport: Rangeley Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: FROA
- Location: 44.9659° N, 70.6521° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rangeley, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9659&lon=-70.6521&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30EM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30EM-2011-09-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B200 (registry code 1152922, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B200
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A42
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,305 total, 1,306 in this make and model, 139 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970418014549I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: UPON LANDING ON RUNWAY 32, RANGELY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT WITH APPROXIMATELY 3/4" OF HEAVY, WET, SNOW, WITH CROSSWIND FROM NORTH AT APPROXIMATELY 15K, AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY WHILE DECELERATING WITH REVERSE THRUST AND NO BRAKING. LEFT ENGINE BROUGHT OUT OF REVERSE TO TRY TO TURN BACK TO CENTER LINE. BECAUSE OF DELAY AND LEFT MAIN GEAR CONTACTING MUD AT SIDE OF RUNWAY, AIRCRAFT SWUNG ABRUPTLY TO LEFT AND CONTACTED SNOWBANK, BENDING BOTH PROPS AND COLLAPSING NOSE GEAR. NO OTHER APPARENT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE OR INJURIES TO PASSENGERS AND CREW OR AIRCRAFT. THIS IS AN AMENDED REPORT 06/04/97.

## Other reports on N30EM (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20001222024709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001222024709A), Dec 22, 2000: Beech B200 (N30EM), Rangeley, ME, No damage. (-23) Pilot on an IFR flight plan reported the runway in sight and cancelled IFR. He reported "left base for runway 32" on UNICOM and then disappeared.…

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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