20060105002769A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech A100 · Sault Ste Marie, MI · January 5, 2006

Date: January 5, 2006 · 02:00 local
Place: Sault Ste Marie, MI
Airport: Sault Ste Marie Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: N4CA
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N700NC
NTSB investigation: NTSBCHI06LA062
Reported as: Beech A100
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,500 total70 in this make and model70 in the last 90 days

N700NCRegistration cancelled Aug 8, 2013 · Beech A100S/N B-138 · Built 1972 Airframe modelBeech A100 Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60ATurbo-prop

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.

(-23) The flight was an air ambulance flight consisting of the pilot, a flight nurse and a paramedic. After an uneventful flight from traverse city, Michigan (tvc), the pilot landed on runway 32 at Sault ste. Marie, Michigan (anj). The runway was covered with snow and slush. The aircraft veered to the left when left main gear impacted plowed snow pile, spinning the aircraft around approximately 180 degrees, partially exiting the runway and breaking off the nose gear. No one on the aircraft was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE FLIGHT WAS AN AIR AMBULANCE FLIGHT CONSISTING OF THE PILOT, A FLIGHT NURSE AND A PARAMEDIC. AFTER AN UNEVENTFUL FLIGHT FROM TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN (TVC), THE PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 32 AT SAULT STE. MARIE, MICHIGAN (ANJ). THE RUNWAY WAS COVERED WITH SNOW AND SLUSH. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT WHEN LEFT MAIN GEAR IMPACTED PLOWED SNOW PILE, SPINNING THE AIRCRAFT AROUND APPROXIMATELY 180 DEGREES, PARTIALLY EXITING THE RUNWAY AND BREAKING OFF THE NOSE GEAR. NO ONE ON THE AIRCRAFT WAS INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB CHI06LA062Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSault Ste Marie, MIThe inadequate in-flight decision to continue the approach to land, directional control not maintained, and the contaminated runway. Contributing factors were flight to destination alternate not performed, a notice to airman not issued by airport personnel…Jan 5, 2006 · Substantial damage