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FAA incident report · Beech 1900D · Ironwood, MI · November 27, 2008

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Date
November 27, 2008 · 17:00 local
Place
Ironwood, MI
Airport
Gogebic-Iron County
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
GLBA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N219GL
Reported as
Beech 1900D
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A*
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,350 total1,697 in this make and model178 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

(-23) According to the Gogebic county sheriff department the aircraft was making a landing at night in bad weather (snow and blowing snow) at the Gogebic-Iron County Airport. The aircraft touched down as it normally does but did not return. The pilot radioed that the airplane had broken down and he needed to be towed in. The aircraft had landed on runway 27 and went off the left side of the runway into the snow and struck a runway light with the left prop. privacy data omitted, The airport manager, stated there was a half inch of snow on the runway at the time of the landing. According to lansing flight service the AWOS showed VFR weather near the time of the landing. Deputy privacy data omitted from the Gogebic county sheriffs department attempted to do an accident investigation. Pilot privacy data omitted refused to make a statement and obstructed the deputy when he attempted to take pictures of the damaged propeller. Pilot privacy data omitted only provided his Colorado driver's license as identification. The copilot privacy data omitted only provided his employee identification. Pilot and medical identification was provided to the sheriff department by great lakes 3 1/2 hours later.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ACCORDING TO THE GOGEBIC COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT THE AIRCRAFT WAS MAKING A LANDING AT NIGHT IN BAD WEATHER (SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW) AT THE GOGEBIC-IRON COUNTY AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AS IT NORMALLY DOES BUT DID NOT RETURN. THE PILOT RADIOED THAT THE AIRPLANE HAD BROKEN DOWN AND HE NEEDED TO BE TOWED IN. THE AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED ON RUNWAY 27 AND WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE SNOW AND STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT WITH THE LEFT PROP. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, THE AIRPORT MANAGER, STATED THERE WAS A HALF INCH OF SNOW ON THE RUNWAY AT THE TIME OF THE LANDING. ACCORDING TO LANSING FLIGHT SERVICE THE AWOS SHOWED VFR WEATHER NEAR THE TIME OF THE LANDING. DEPUTY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FROM THE GOGEBIC COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT ATTEMPTED TO DO AN ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION. PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REFUSED TO MAKE A STATEMENT AND OBSTRUCTED THE DEPUTY WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO TAKE PICTURES OF THE DAMAGED PROPELLER. PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ONLY PROVIDED HIS COLORADO DRIVER'S LICENSE AS IDENTIFICATION. THE COPILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ONLY PROVIDED HIS EMPLOYEE IDENTIFICATION. PILOT AND MEDICAL IDENTIFICATION WAS PROVIDED TO THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT BY GREAT LAKES 3 1/2 HOURS LATER.