- Date
- March 2, 1993, 19:42 local (Mar 3, 1993, 01:42 UTC)
- Place
- Owensboro, KY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N26CPCessna 335
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report February 6, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930302004119A
- Case key
- 11908
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Probable cause
Failure of airport personnel to report the runway condition by NOTAM when airport snow removal personnel left snow piled on the edges of the runway. Factors related to the accident were: dark night, fog, and the snowbank.
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 reported that he executed the ILS approach to runway 35. The runway was 6499 feet long and 150 feet wide. He said he descended to about 550 feet above the ground on his approach and saw the runway lights. He stated that during the landing roll, he lost sight of the runway lights due to fog. According to the FAA, it was a dark night with low level fog and haze. Most of the runway had been cleared, but snow remained near the edges. The left side was covered with snow from about 6 to 14 feet from the left edge. The airplane encountered snow on the left side, where snow on and adjacent to the runway was about 12 feet wide. Approaching the intersection with runway 5/23, there was a snowbank on the left edge that obscured the runway lights. At the intersection, the snowbank rose to about 6 feet tall and extended about 12 feet onto the runway 35. The left nacelle struck the snowbank, which spun the aircraft and sheared off the landing gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26CP
- Reported as
- Cessna 335
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 335-0014
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-EB, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard N Anderson
- Registered owner
- Richard N Anderson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- LEX · Lexington, KY
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- OWB · Owensboro-Daviess Co, runway 35, 6,499 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 110° at 6 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 100 ft
- Temperature
- 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OWB, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.