# Incident 20150301004849I: Cessna 441, Pottstown, PA, March 1, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 2015, 17:15 local time
- Place: Pottstown, PA
- Airport: Heritage Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2396° N, 75.5567° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HERITAGE FLD (PTW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2396&lon=-75.5567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N716SM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N716SM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 441 (registry code 2076020, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-441) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 441
- Reported engine: AIRESEARCH TPE331 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 15,500 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 95 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150301004849I

## Narrative

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

DURING APPROACH PILOT CALLED RUNWAY IN SIGHT. COPILOT HAD NO VISUAL DUE TO WINDSHIELD ICING. PILOT MISTAKENLY IDENTIFIED THE DARKER AREA BETWEEN THE UNPLOWED RUNWAY AND UNPLOWED TAXIWAY AS THE RUNWAY. PILOT CONTINUED APPROACH AND AT TIME OF LANDING REALIZED HE WAS BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY. PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT AND ROLLED OUT WITH ENGINES IN FULL REVERSE CAUSING MINOR SIDE-SLIPPING/SKIDDING, COMING TO A STOP AT THE MID-FIELD CROSSING TAXIWAY. LEFT ENGINE FLAMED OUT DUE TO CONTACT WITH ICE/SNOW AND SNOW INGESTION CAUSING PROPELLER BLADE TRACKING IRREGULARITY. RIGHT ENGINE STRUCK A TAXIWAY LIGHT RESULTING IN PROPELLER BLADE LEADING EDGE DAMAGE. NO OTHER AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS EVIDENT.

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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