20061212030079I

Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Great Bend, KS · December 12, 2006

Date: December 12, 2006 · 10:00 local
Place: Great Bend, KS
Airport: Great Bend Municipal
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: MAXA
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N376NC
Reported as: Piper PA31350
Reported engine: Lycoming TIO540*
People aboard: 5
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 13,500 total4,000 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days

N376NCRegistered now · Piper PA-31-350S/N 31-7852048 · Built 1977 Airframe modelPiper PA-31-350 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot privacy data omitted stated: he departed IFR from atw enroute to gbd, the entire operation was normal until touchdown on runway 33. The runway was covered with black-ice which was not detectable until the aircraft was on the runway. As the pilot applied the brakes he discovered braking action was nil. The aircraft was allowed to coast down the runway to a stop, as applying the brakes would have aggravated the situation further. As a result of braking action nil the aircraft went off the end of runway 33 and onto the grass, coming to rest in a field.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED: HE DEPARTED IFR FROM ATW ENROUTE TO GBD, THE ENTIRE OPERATION WAS NORMAL UNTIL TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 33. THE RUNWAY WAS COVERED WITH BLACK-ICE WHICH WAS NOT DETECTABLE UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON THE RUNWAY. AS THE PILOT APPLIED THE BRAKES HE DISCOVERED BRAKING ACTION WAS NIL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ALLOWED TO COAST DOWN THE RUNWAY TO A STOP, AS APPLYING THE BRAKES WOULD HAVE AGGRAVATED THE SITUATION FURTHER. AS A RESULT OF BRAKING ACTION NIL THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE END OF RUNWAY 33 AND ONTO THE GRASS, COMING TO REST IN A FIELD.