# Accident 20060105002769A: Beech A100, Sault Ste Marie, MI, January 5, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 2006, 02:00 local time
- Place: Sault Ste Marie, MI
- Airport: Sault Ste Marie Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: N4CA
- Location: 46.4792° N, 84.3683° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.4792&lon=-84.3683&mi=10
- Aircraft: N700NC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N700NC-2013-08-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A100 (registry code 1152915, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a100) (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 A100
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 70 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI06LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06LA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060105002769A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 CHI06LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06LA062), Jan 5, 2006: Beech A100 (N700NC), Sault Ste Marie, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The 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…

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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