- Date
- December 18, 1982, 21:02 local (Dec 19, 1982, 02:02 UTC)
- Place
- Pellston, MI
- Injuries
- 51 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9344Douglas DC9-30
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821218067469I
- Case key
- 72182
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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
Before departing traverse city the captain was informed that emmet city arpt was sanded at about 1736 and that icy runway conditions were turning to slush. He was also told that rwy 32 would be sanded again prior to his arrival. This was accomplished, with a james brake decelerometer reading of poor determined. A Beech baron landed at about 2055 and encountered little braking difficulties, although the pilot stated that he used brakes sparingly. Flight 375 touched down about 1000 ft from the appch end but the aircraft could not be stopped within the confines of the runway despite use of maximum braking and reverse. It came to rest on solid, frozen ground about 80 ft beyond the departure end of the runway. Pellston had been experiencing light drizzle and snow for the past 12 hours with temperatures rising from 30 to 34 degrees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9344
- Reported as
- Douglas DC9-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 47440
- Engine
- P & W JT8D-7, 14,000 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Republic Airlines, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Republic Airlines, Inc.
- Departed
- TVC · Traverse City, MI
- Destination
- Orlando, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PLN · Emmet County Airport, runway 32, 6,512 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 23,530 total · 9,480 in this make and model · 201 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 130° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft
- Temperature
- 93 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PLN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.