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Incident

FAA incident report · Lear 25B · Ames, IA · February 28, 1998

Date: February 28, 1998 · 10:25 local
Place: Ames, IA
Airport: Ames Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: GAWA
Aircraft: N401AJ
Reported as: Lear 25B
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,830 total175 in this make and model72 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: N401AJ departed pwa enroute to amw. Captain received NOTAM that amw had loose snow on runways. Captain called FBO at amw and received same report that loose snow was on the runways and braking action was reported as "poor". After landing at amw on runway 1, the aircraft taxied the full length of the runway but experienced "nil" braking action and could not turn onto the taxiway. The aircraft continued off the runway at the departure end. This incident is considered closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: N401AJ DEPARTED PWA ENROUTE TO AMW. CAPTAIN RECEIVED NOTAM THAT AMW HAD LOOSE SNOW ON RUNWAYS. CAPTAIN CALLED FBO AT AMW AND RECEIVED SAME REPORT THAT LOOSE SNOW WAS ON THE RUNWAYS AND BRAKING ACTION WAS REPORTED AS "POOR". AFTER LANDING AT AMW ON RUNWAY 1, THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED THE FULL LENGTH OF THE RUNWAY BUT EXPERIENCED "NIL" BRAKING ACTION AND COULD NOT TURN ONTO THE TAXIWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED OFF THE RUNWAY AT THE DEPARTURE END. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.