# NTSB CHI86LA136: Cessna 404, N313R, Marquette, MI, May 1, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 1, 1986, 11:31 local (15:31 UTC)
- Place: Marquette, MI
- Coordinates: 46.549968, -87.389915 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5500&lon=-87.3899&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13458
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86LA136
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13458/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86LA136

## 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
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - snow covered (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Overrun, landing - roll
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS LANDED ON SNOW COVERED RWY 26 WITH WINDS FROM 300 DEGS AT 20 KTS GUSTING TO 30 KTS. DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE ACFT WAS LOST DURING THE FIRST THIRD OF THE LANDING ROLL AND IT TRAVELED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY. THE ACFT ENTERED SOFT TERRAIN AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N313R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N313R-2015-05-07), registration cancelled 2015-05-07, S/N 4040682, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 404
- Registry model: [Cessna 404](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-404) (registry code 2075901) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental GTSIO-520-C](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (registry code 17035, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 4040682
- Airframe hours: 3791
- Engines: CONTINENTAL GTSIO-520-M 375 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91 subpart F
- Operator: Northern Air Service
- Registered owner: Northern Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 4, 1986
- Departed: IMT, IRON MOUNTAIN, MI
- Destination: MQT, MARQUETTE, MI
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: MQJ, Marquette, runway 26, 6,500 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; flight instructor, commercial, airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 7,087 total, 2,734 in this make and model, 2,200 as pilot in command, 265 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 320° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility: 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 500 ft overcast
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MQT

## 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 19860501015129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860501015129A), May 1, 1986: Cessna 404CESSNA, Marquette, MI, Substantial damage. The aircraft veered off the wet runway during landing. No report if the pilot requested runway condition reading.

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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