# Accident 20000220037099A: Piper PA32300, Saginaw, MI, February 20, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 2000, 23:00 local time
- Place: Saginaw, MI
- Airport: Harry W Browne Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4595° N, 84.0305° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4595&lon=-84.0305&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2899D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2899D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00LA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA078) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000220037099A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED AKRON-CANTON OHIO WITH SLUSH ON RUNWAY. UPON ALNDING RWY 27 AT HARRY BROWN AIRPORT (3SG) IN SAGINAW, MI. WITH ICE AND SNOW ON RUNWAY, PILOT NOTICED BRAKES DID NOT FEEL RIGHT AND A/C RAN OFF LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY AND IMPACTED SNOW BANK ALONG RUNWAY. DAMAGE TO PROP, NOWE WHEEL AND FIREWALL.

## 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 CHI00LA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA078), Feb 21, 2000: Piper PA-32-300 (N2899D), Saginaw, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilots failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft. Factors were the icy runway and the snowbank.

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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