# Incident 20071217828989I: Beech C99, Vernal, UT, December 17, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 2007, 08:02 local time
- Place: Vernal, UT
- Airport: Vernal Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: JIKA
- Location: 40.4361° N, 109.5114° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VERNAL RGNL (VEL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4361&lon=-109.5114&mi=10
- Aircraft: N206AV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N206AV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C-99 (registry code 1154006, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c-99) (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 C99
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,400 total, 1,700 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071217828989I

## Narrative

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

(-23) UPON ARRIVAL IN THE VICINITY OF KVEL THE PILOT WAS APPROACHING FROM WEST TO EAST, THEREFORE A STRAIGHT-IN TO THE SHORTER RUNWAY 07, 4108' IN LENGTH, SEEMED LOGICAL. THE LENGTH IS MORE THAN ADEQUATE FOR SAFELY LANDING THE C-99. THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR CONTACTED THE SNOW COVERED GROUND APPROXIMATELY 50 TO 30 FEET SHORT OF THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY AND CONTINUED FORWARD. WHEN THE NOSE GEAR CONTACTED THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY WHICH WAS SLIGHTLY HIGHER BECAUSE OF THE ASPHALT/CEMENT, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID A RELATIVELY SHORT DISTANCE DOWN THE RUNWAY BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. AN ON-SCENE INSPECTION DETERMINED THE DAMAGE WAS NOT SUBSTANTIAL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONFIGURED WITH A BELLY POD WHICH PREVENTED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE STRUCTURES. THE SUBSEQUENT PROP STRIKES WILL NECESSITATE A COSTLY ENGINE INSPECTION AND POSSIBLE OVERHAUL DUE TO SUDDEN STOPPAGE. THE PILOT'S ONLY STATEMENT AS TO WHY THIS HAPPENED IS THAT HE HAD INTENDED TO LAND SHORT AND WAS ANTICIPATING SOME GROUND EFFECT TO ALLOW SOME FLOAT TO THE RUNWAY. TO HIS SURPISE THE FLOAT DID NOT OCCUR AND BEFORE HE KNEW IT THE MAINS AND NOSE GEAR WERE IN THE SNOW.

## Other reports on N206AV (1)

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

- [Accident 20100106025779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100106025779A), Jan 6, 2010: Beech C-99 (N206AV), Kearney, NE, Substantial damage. Aircraft was performing an ILS approach to rwy 36 at Kearney Municipal Airport in Kearney, Nebraska. The one half to three quarters of an inch of ice which…

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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