20231115016659I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Textron 208B · Huslia, AK · November 15, 2023

Date
November 15, 2023 · 10:13 local
Place
Huslia, AK
Airport
Huslia
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
HYTA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N682BB
Reported as
Textron 208B
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-140
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
2,976 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

After a successful landing, during rollout the aircraft left main landing gear contacted a snow berm. The aircraft pivoted left, resulting in the propeller striking the snow berm. The pilot was very familiar with the destinantion and was unable to discern the unexpected snow berms from the dry snow-covered runway in the flat light, overcast conditions.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER A SUCCESSFUL LANDING, DURING ROLLOUT THE AIRCRAFT LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR CONTACTED A SNOW BERM. THE AIRCRAFT PIVOTED LEFT, RESULTING IN THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE SNOW BERM. THE PILOT WAS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE DESTINANTION AND WAS UNABLE TO DISCERN THE UNEXPECTED SNOW BERMS FROM THE DRY SNOW-COVERED RUNWAY IN THE FLAT LIGHT, OVERCAST CONDITIONS.