- Date
- December 13, 1991, 18:39 local (Dec 14, 1991, 00:39 UTC)
- Place
- Roseau, MN
- Injuries
- 8 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N96BWAero Commander 690A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911213056229A
- Case key
- 15369
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain proper alignment with, and not selecting the proper touchdown point on the landing runway. Factors associated with the accident are a dark night light condition and crosswinds.
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
The accident airplane collided with a snowbank during a landing roll following a night instrument approach. The pilot reported the right propeller feathered during the landing. No mechanical defects were discovered in the propeller system. Gusty 15 to 20 knot crosswinds were present at the time of the accident. Five of the six passengers reported the airplane touched down on the right side of the runway. Three statements said the airplane landed with the right main landing gear in the snow.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N96BW
- Reported as
- Aero Commander 690A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11104
- Airframe hours
- 3,453
- Engine
- Garrett TPE331-5-251K, 717 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Amsair Inc
- Registered owner
- Amsair Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 22, 1991 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- MSP · Minneapolis, MN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ROX · Roseau Muni, runway 16, 4,400 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,625 total · 1,224 in this make and model · 9,625 as pilot in command · 88 in the last 90 days · 28 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 40° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 19 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ROX, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.