# Incident 19990111015649I: Piper PA31350, Newark, OH, January 11, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 1999, 16:25 local time
- Place: Newark, OH
- Airport: Newark-Heath Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0247° N, 82.4618° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Newark Heath Airport (VTA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0247&lon=-82.4618&mi=10
- Aircraft: N333SC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N333SC-2004-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC LTIO540J2BD
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 10,000 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990111015649I

## Narrative

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

(-5)ON JANUARY 11, 1999, AT APPROXIMATELY 1625 LOCAL TIME, A PIPER PA 31-350, N333SC, WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 9 AT THE NEWARK-HEATH AIRPORT, HEATH, OH. PILOT HAD PREVIOUSLY MONITORED AIRPORT AWOS AND HAD RECEIVED AN AIRPORT ADVISORY VIA UNICOM.  A 9-10 KNOT CROSSWIND CONDITION EXISTED WITH BLOWING SNOW REPORTED.  2-3 FOOT SNOWBANKS WERE ALONG THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  RUNWAY WAS REPORTED BY AIRPORT MANAGER TO BE SNOW AND ICE COVERED WITH BRAKING ACTION FAIR TO POOR.  WHILE IN LANDING FLARE, PILOT ENCOUNTERED WHIT-OUT CONDITION CAUSED BY GUSTING WINDS.  THE PILOT LOST ORIENTATION WITH THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE.  THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT MAIN MAIN GEAR ENCOUNTERED SNOWDRIFTS ON LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO TURN ABRUPTLY TO THE LEFT.  AIRCRAFT'S RING MAIN GEAR AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.  NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY EITHER PILOT OR PASSENGER.  THE INCIDENT WAS WITNESSED BY THE AIRPORT MANAGER.

## Other reports on N333SC (1)

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

- [Incident 20001219030789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001219030789I), Dec 19, 2000: Piper PA31350 (N333SC), Newark, OH, Minor damage. (-23) On December 19, 2000, at approx. 1743 EST, a pilot of an a/c Piper PA-31-350, N333SC, inbound to springfield, Ohio, reported that was unable to lower the…

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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