# Incident 20190205009759I: Beech 300, Mankato, MN, February 5, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 2019, 14:00 local time
- Place: Mankato, MN
- Airport: Mankato Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2228° N, 93.9193° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MANKATO RGNL (MKT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2228&lon=-93.9193&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6812W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6812W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 300 (registry code 1152930, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-300) (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 300
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 35 in this make and model, 68 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190205009759I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT LOADED THE CEO AND TWO OTHER HIGH LEVEL COMPANY EXECUTIVES ON THE AIRPLANE IN A HANGAR.  THE SINGLE PILOTED AIRPLANE THEN FOLLOWED A LINE PICKUP WITH AN 8.5 FT PLOW TO THE RUNWAY.  THE PLOW WAS FOLLOWED BECAUSE OF THE 1-2 INCHES OF FALLING AND FRESH SNOW COVERING ALL RAMPS AND RUNWAYS.  THE WEATHER WAS 1/4 SM BKN007 OVC013 WITH SNOW AND FREEZING FOG.  FIELD CONDITION REPORT NOTAM WAS 1/1/1 WITH A NOTE THAT UREA HAD BEEN APPLIED TO THE CENTER 30 FT OF RUNWAY 33.  THE APPLICATION TOOK PLACE EARLIER IN THE DAY PRIOR TO THE SNOW FALL.  THE PICKUP RAN DOWN THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY CLEARING A VISUAL PATH OF 8.5 FT FOR THE AIRCRAFT TO IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW.  THE MAIN MOUNTS ON A BE-300 ARE 17 FT 2 INCHES APART.  THE PILOT WAS EXECUTING A ROLLING TAKEOFF.  ENTERING THE RUNWAY TRACKS APPEAR TO SHOW THAT THE NOSE WHEEL WENT PAST CENTER LINE, REQUIRING A DECENT LEFT PEDAL TURN TO CENTER, WHICH COMBINED WITH POWER STARTED THE LEFT TURN.  TRACKS SHOW THAT AT APPROXIMATELY 900 FT DOWN THE RUNWAY THE AIRPLANE WAS HEADING APPROXIMATELY 315 DEG AND THE RIGHT MAIN WAS 20 FT LEFT OF CENTERLINE, PUTTING THE LEFT MAIN 37 FEET LEFT OF CENTERLINE.  AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 FT THE AIRPLANE HAD FULLY DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, AND CONTINUED FOR ANOTHER 600 FT THROUGH THE SNOW, PARRALEL TO RUNWAY 33.  RUNWAY EDGE AS WELL AS INTERSECTING RUNWAY SIGNS WERE HIT AND DESTROYED.  AFTER 400 FT OF DRIVING THROUGH THE SNOW, THE AIRPLANE CROSSED THE INTERSECTING RUNWAY, WENT THROUGH THE PLOW ROWS (1-2FT HIGH), ON EITHER SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, UPON WHICH THE FAR PLOW ROW TORE OFF THE NOSE GEAR.  THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED FOR APPROXIMATELY ANOTHER 100 FEET, AND CAME TO REST IN THE SNOW 1700 FT DOWN AND 50 FT LEFT OF THE RUNWAY EDGE.  NO INJURIES TO PASSENGERS OR PILOT.

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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