- Date
- April 5, 1982, 21:38 local (Apr 6, 1982, 02:38 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Wayne, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N639SSwearingen SA226TC
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report April 5, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820405016779I
- Case key
- 70713
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Prior to landing the crew was advised by Fort Wayne ATC that the 150 foot wide runway had been plowed 140 feet wide with 18 inch windrows on each side of the runway. The runway was reported to be 40 percent covered with finger drifts. The wind was from 010 degrees at 15 knots and gusting. The pilot stated that after touchdown the aircraft began to drift to the right and continued to drift to the right until the right main landing gear made contact with a snow windrow. The nose gear collapsed and the aircraft veered across the runway and came to rest off the left side of runway 04.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N639S
- Reported as
- Swearingen SA226TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC222E
- Airframe hours
- 12,429
- Engine
- Airesearch 331-3UW-303G, 940 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Air Wisconsin, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Air Wisconsin, Inc.
- Departed
- CLE · Cleveland, OH
- Destination
- FWA · Fort Wayne, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- FWA · Baer Field, runway 4, 9,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 9,183 total · 198 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 60° at 16 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft
- Temperature
- 79 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FWA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.