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.
Pilot landed at an unpaved airstrip, in the snow, to the northeast. There was a layer of loose snow over the top of groomed snow, at a slight angle relative to the layout of the airstrip. The left main wheel ended up in deep snow and the airplane slowly tipped over onto the nose. The propeller impacted the snow as the airplane tipped over. The pilot turned the magnetos off as the plane was beginning to tip onto the nose. The pilot completed the shutdown and then egressed the aircraft.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT LANDED AT AN UNPAVED AIRSTRIP, IN THE SNOW, TO THE NORTHEAST. THERE WAS A LAYER OF LOOSE SNOW OVER THE TOP OF GROOMED SNOW, AT A SLIGHT ANGLE RELATIVE TO THE LAYOUT OF THE AIRSTRIP. THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL ENDED UP IN DEEP SNOW AND THE AIRPLANE SLOWLY TIPPED OVER ONTO THE NOSE. THE PROPELLER IMPACTED THE SNOW AS THE AIRPLANE TIPPED OVER. THE PILOT TURNED THE MAGNETOS OFF AS THE PLANE WAS BEGINNING TO TIP ONTO THE NOSE. THE PILOT COMPLETED THE SHUTDOWN AND THEN EGRESSED THE AIRCRAFT.
Other reports on N249T · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.