# Incident 20070113000189I: Swrngn SA226TC, Laramie, WY, January 13, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 2007, 08:15 local time
- Place: Laramie, WY
- Airport: General Brees Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: KY7A
- Location: 41.3118° N, 105.6065° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Laramie, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3118&lon=-105.6065&mi=10
- Aircraft: N326BA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N326BA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Swearingen SA226TC (registry code 8780404, https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa226tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA226TC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070113000189I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT MADE AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH TO RUNWAY 30 AT LARAMIE AT 0815 ON JANUARY 13, 2007. AT 17 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED VMC AND THE PILOT CANCELLED IFR AND SET UP FOR A VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 3. UNICOM ADVISED THEY HAD JUST PLOWED THE RUNWAY, ALTHOUGH IT WAS STILL COMPLETELY SNOW COVERED. WHILE THE WEATHER WAS VFR, IT WAS HAZY AND THE LIGHTING WAS "FLAT." ONLY ONE ROW OF RUNWAY LIGHTS WAS VISIBLE TO THE EAST OF THE PAPI, WHICH WAS ALSO VISIBLE. PILOT ASSUMED, ERRONEOUSLY, THAT THE RUNWAY WAS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ONE VISIBLE ROW OF RUNWAY LIGHTS, WHILE INSTEAD IT WAS TO THE WEST OF THEM. PILOT LANDED ON THE SNOW NEXT TO THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT DECELERATED QUICKLY AND TURNED 45 DEGREES TOWARD THE RUNWAY. PILOT STATED THAT THE RUNWAY WAS ACTUALLY PLOWED AS THE UNICOM HAD ADVISED. MINOR DAMAGE INCLUDED BLOWN TIRES, A CRACKED LANDING GEAR TRUNION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN FLOWN ON A FERRY PERMIT GEAR DOWN TO CENTENNIAL AIRPORT BY KEY LIME AIR, INC.

## Other reports on N326BA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19880506021499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880506021499I), May 6, 1988: Swrngn SA226TC (N326BA), Cleveland, OH. Left engine oil cooler hose broke taxiing to gate causing dense smoke emission. Shut engine down. No fire.

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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