# NTSB CHI00LA078: Piper PA-32-300, N2899D, Saginaw, MI, February 21, 2000

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 20, 2000, 23:00 local (Feb 21, 2000, 04:00 UTC)
- Place: Saginaw, MI
- Coordinates: 43.459472, -84.030464 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4595&lon=-84.0305&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 2, 2001
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 48677
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI00LA078
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/48677/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA078

## Probable cause

the pilots failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft.  Factors were the icy runway and the snowbank.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - icy (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)

## Analysis

Upon landing, the aircraft exited the left side of the runway and impacted a snowbank.  The runway was contaminated with patchy ice. No preexisting anomalies were found with respect to the aircraft or it's systems.

## Factual narrative

On February 20, 2000, at 2300 eastern standard time, a Piper PA-32-300, N2899D, piloted by a private pilot, sustained substantial damage when it impacted a snowbank during landing on runway 27 (5,000 feet by 100 feet, ice covered asphalt) at the Saginaw County Airport, Saginaw, Michigan.  The 14 CFR Part 91 flight was not on a flight plan.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.  The pilot reported no injuries to himself or his two passengers.  The flight originated at the Akron-Canton Regional Airport, Akron, Ohio at 2130.

Upon landing, the aircraft exited the left side of the runway and impacted a snowbank.  According to the Federal Aviation Administration Inspector, there was patchy ice covering the runway surface.  A postaccident examination of the aircraft revealed no preexisting anomalies.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2899D](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2899D), registered now, S/N 32-7940192, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Piper PA-32-300
- Registry model: [Piper PA-32-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (registry code 7103212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (registry code 41530, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 32-7940192
- Engines: Lycoming IO-540 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Asim Yunus
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: CAK, AKRON, OH
- Destination: 3SG
- Airport: 3SG, Saginaw County Airport, runway 27, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: unknown, unknown; seat: left; flight hours: 196 total, 12 in this make and model, 135 as pilot in command, 23 in the last 90 days, 18 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/bright
- Wind: 220° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 21 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MBS, 11 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20000220037099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000220037099A), Feb 20, 2000: Piper PA32300, Saginaw, MI, No damage. (-23) Pilot departed akron-canton Ohio with slush on runway. Upon alnding rwy 27 at Harry brown airport (3SG) in Saginaw, MI. With ice and snow on runway,…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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