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: upon approaching the threshold, he felt a sudden drop. Initiating a go-around with full power, the aircraft settled onto the threshold area. He felt the right side gear collapse and the left side gear collapse after sliding halfway down the runway. (From .4) the pilot said that he was landing on a snow and ice covered runway. While on final approach, the airplane descended below the intended glide path and struck a snow berm just short of the runway. He said that as he turned base to final, the FAR end of the runway was obscured. As he approached the threshold, he felt a sudden drop, and he initiated a go-around, but the airplane settled onto the threshold area.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: UPON APPROACHING THE THRESHOLD, HE FELT A SUDDEN DROP. INITIATING A GO-AROUND WITH FULL POWER, THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ONTO THE THRESHOLD AREA. HE FELT THE RIGHT SIDE GEAR COLLAPSE AND THE LEFT SIDE GEAR COLLAPSE AFTER SLIDING HALFWAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. (FROM .4) THE PILOT SAID THAT HE WAS LANDING ON A SNOW AND ICE COVERED RUNWAY. WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH, THE AIRPLANE DESCENDED BELOW THE INTENDED GLIDE PATH AND STRUCK A SNOW BERM JUST SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. HE SAID THAT AS HE TURNED BASE TO FINAL, THE FAR END OF THE RUNWAY WAS OBSCURED. AS HE APPROACHED THE THRESHOLD, HE FELT A SUDDEN DROP, AND HE INITIATED A GO-AROUND, BUT THE AIRPLANE SETTLED ONTO THE THRESHOLD AREA.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.