# Incident 20130102000729I: Beech 200, Valdez, AK, January 2, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 2013, 18:05 local time
- Place: Valdez, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: G1IA
- Location: 61.1308° N, 146.3483° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Valdez, AK, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1308&lon=-146.3483&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25KA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25KA-2024-10-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 200 (registry code 1152920, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6A-41 (registry code 61541, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6a-41) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 200
- Reported engine: U/A CANADA PT6A-41
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 10,655 total, 2,350 in this make and model, 64 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130102000729I

## Narrative

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

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, RUNWAY CONDITIONS WERE REPORTED AS ONE INCH FRESH SNOW OVER THIN PACKED SNOW AND ICE ON THE RUNWAY. BRAKING ACTION WAS REPORTED AS (MU) 32-32-31. THE PILOT RECIEVED THIS INFORMATION WHEN HE WAS LESS THAN SIX MINUTES FROM LANDING, WHILE ON THE APPROACH. THIS REPORT INDICATES MEDIUM BRAKING AND GOOD DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.

DURING THE LANDING, AFTER THE NOSEWHEEL TOUCHED DOWN THE PLANE PULLED TO THE LEFT, AND SPUN ABOUT 200 DEGREES. THE AIRCRAFT SLID BACKWARDS INTO A SMALL SNOW BERM. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT FLAP WAS NOTICED AFTER THE LANDING.  THE PILOT ASSUMED THIS DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY SLUSH ON THE RUNWAY WHICH WAS OBSERVED IN THE WHEEL WELLS AND FLAP TRACKS.

## Other reports on N25KA (1)

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

- [Incident 19820202009039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820202009039I), Feb 2, 1982: Beech 200BEECH (N25KA), Port Clinton, OH, Minor damage. Pilot landed on snow, ice covered runway, veered off runway into deeper snow. Refused ATC information on conditions

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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