- Date
- March 18, 1991, 17:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place
- Shageluk, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N400WABeech C-45H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19910318005679I
- Case key
- 5495
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Probable cause
The accident was the pic's failure to properly determine the required width of runway needed by their airplane and inadequate snow removal. Contributing to the accident was the snow berm and the copilot's misjudgment of runway width.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot attempted to get current weather and airport information prior to and during flight concerning the runway at Shageluk, Alaska. The most current information could not be confirmed and the flight service specialist did not believe the information was current. Upon reaching Shageluk, the crew overflew the airport and it appeared to be suitable for landing. Upon landing, the left propeller struck the snow berm and the airplane veered into the bank. According to the flight crew, the runway was plowed only 26 to 35 feet in width.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N400WA
- Reported as
- Beech C-45H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AF-764
- Airframe hours
- 13,093
- Engine
- Garrett TPE 331-101B, 665 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Connie Kalitta Services Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · March 15, 1991 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- ANC · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- SHX · Shageluk, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- SHX · Shageluk, runway 15, 2,300 × 50 ft, gravel
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,101 total · 1,081 in this make and model · 1,026 as pilot in command · 125 in the last 90 days · 64 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -20 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.