# Incident 19990110005739I: Beech F90, Altoona, PA, January 10, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 1999, 11:43 local time
- Place: Altoona, PA
- Airport: Altoona-Blair County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2964° N, 78.3200° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALTOONA/BLAIR COUNTY (AOO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2964&lon=-78.3200&mi=10
- Aircraft: N424CP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N424CP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F90 (registry code 1152909, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F90
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,570 total, 339 in this make and model, 84 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990110005739I

## Narrative

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

(-5) ON JAN 10, 1999 AROUND 1100 HOURS EST...I HAD FILED AN IFR FLIGHT PLANWITH ALTOONA FLIGHT SERVICE STATION. AT THE TIME I FILED, I ASKED FOR JST WEATHER AND RECEIVED IT. AFTER A PREFLIGHT OF N424CP, I RADIOED THE SAME FSS REQUESTING AN IFR CLEARANCE TO JST TELLING FSS I WOULD BE USING RUNWAY 20, AS I COULD SEE THE WINDSOCK WAS FAVORING THAT RUNWAY. FSS SAID HE WOULD PUT ME ON REQUEST. I STARTED TO TAXIE FROM PENN AIR ON THE MAIN RAMP. THE SURFACE ON THE MAIN RAMP WAS GOOD...SOME PATCHY ICE. THE BRAKING WAS GOOD. I TAXIED OUT AND ONTO TAXIEWAY CHARLIE, WHICH IS THE STANDARD PARALLEL TAXIEWAY. MOVING AT IDLE SPEED, I WENT APPROXIMATELY 30' AND THE AIRPLANE STARTED TO SLIDE, BECAUSE THE TAXIEWAY WAS SOLID ICE. I STARTED INTO REVERSE, BUT I DON'T THINK I GOT PAST BETA WHEN THE PLANE HAD MADE A 90 DEGREE TURN TO THE LEFT INTO A PLOWED SNOW FURROW. THE LEFT MAIN WERE OFF THE TAXIEWAY ABOUT THREE FEET. THE RIGHT MAINS WERE OFF SEVEN FEET. REMARKS: I FOUND OUT THE NEXT DAY THAT TAXIEWAY CHARLIE WAS CLOSED BEFORE I HAD TAXIED OUT. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. I WOULD RELATE THE ICY TAXIEWAYS TO ICE CUBES IN A SINK.

## Other reports on N424CP (1)

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

- [Incident 20180827025249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180827025249I), Aug 27, 2018: Beech F90 (N424CP), Orangeburg, SC, Minor damage. Aircraft landed at kogb and both main gears folded. Pilot stated that after departure from kbkt he had no issue with the gear going up. After a bit he noticed…

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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