- Date
- January 15, 1979
- Place
- Wisconsin Rpds, WI · WISCONSIN RPDS, WI
- Injuries
- 11 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N160MASwearingen SA-226
- Status
- Completed · report February 22, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790115000849A
- Case key
- 137624
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0052 79/1/15 WISCONSIN RPDS,WI SWEARINGEN SA-226 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0605 N160MA PX- 0 0 9 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 33, 5883 TOTAL HOURS, 235 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALEXANDRIA FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,IL WISCONSIN RPDS,WI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT FACILITIES: RUNWAY LIGHTING AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS REMARKS- 25 OF 40 RWY LIGHTS NOT OPERATING OR MISSING DUE SNOW PLOW OPERATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N160MA
- Reported as
- Swearingen SA-226
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Alexandria Field
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.