- Date
- December 20, 1985, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Cleveland, OH
- Injuries
- 16 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N334BAFairchild SA226TC
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851220074249A
- Case key
- 13395
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The crew obtained visual contact with the rw evironment 100 ft above dh. During the landing roll the a/c traveled along the left edge of the runway until it collided with a snow bank. The runway was covered with patches of ice and packed snow.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N334BA
- Reported as
- Fairchild SA226TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC-307
- Airframe hours
- 11,394
- Engine
- Garrett TPE331-3U, 940 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Britt Airways
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · December 12, 1985 · 47 hours before
- Departed
- DAY · Dayton, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CLE · Cleveland-Hopkins, runway 28, 6,015 × 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,897 total · 948 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 270° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 21 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.