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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-31-350 · St. Michael, AK · December 22, 2010

Date
December 22, 2010 · 10:05 local
Place
St. Michael, AK
Airport
St. Michael
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
FXTA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N45052
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC11LA006
Reported as
Piper PA-31-350
Reported engine
Lycoming TI0-540 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
8,403 total916 in this make and model246 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.

Pilot landed on snow covered runway. Nose wheel tire went flat and directional control of aircraft was lost. Aircraft departed runway side and turned approximately ninety degrees to runway heading. Damage to nose gear, propellers, wing spar. No injuries.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LANDED ON SNOW COVERED RUNWAY. NOSE WHEEL TIRE WENT FLAT AND DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT WAS LOST. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY SIDE AND TURNED APPROXIMATELY NINETY DEGREES TO RUNWAY HEADING. DAMAGE TO NOSE GEAR, PROPELLERS, WING SPAR. NO INJURIES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

Other reports on N45052 · 6

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