# Accident 20000215041409A: Beech 1900D, Escanaba, MI, February 15, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 2000, 17:23 local time
- Place: Escanaba, MI
- Airport: Delta County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: S2YA
- Location: 45.7404° N, 87.0799° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7404&lon=-87.0799&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81SK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N81SK-2006-07-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 1900D (registry code 1154162, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-1900d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900D
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00FA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00FA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000215041409A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON FEBRUARY 19, 2000, AT 1825 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A BEECH 1900D, N81SK, OPERATED AS SKYWAY AIRLINE FLIGHT 1353, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN, ON LANDING, IT DEPARTED THE PREPARED RUNWAY SURFACE (6,501 FEET BY 150 FEET, ASPHALT) AT THE DELTA COUNTY AIRPORT, ESCANABA, MICHIGAN. THE 14 CFR PART 135 FLIGHT WAS ON AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED BY THE TWO CREW MEMBERS OR THE SEVEN PASSENGERS. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE CHERRY CAPITAL AIRPORT, TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN AT 1600. (-23) SKYWAY FLIGHT 1353, BEECH 1900-D, LANDED AT THE DELTA COUNTY AIRPORT, ESCANABA, MICHIGAN ON RUNWAY 09. UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT HIT A SNOW FURROW WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO GO TOWARDS A SNOW BANK. THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE SNOW BANK AND ONE OF THE BLADES BROKE OFF AT THE HUB. THE BROKEN BLADE STRUCK THE FUSELAGE AND CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PASSENGERS EVACUATED AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI00FA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00FA071), Feb 15, 2000: Beech 1900D (N81SK), Escanaba, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: the failure of the flightcrew to maintain directional control due to unsafe/hazardous conditions on the runway that was not relayed to them. Factors were the uneven snow covered runway and 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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