- Date
- January 9, 1983, 19:40 local (Jan 10, 1983, 01:40 UTC)
- Place
- Brainerd, MN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 31 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8444HConvair 580-11-A
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Board-adopted at Board Meeting
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19830109001559A
- Case key
- 15776
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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
During arrival, the acft was landed about 1725 ft beyond the rwy threshold. The touchdown was made with the right wing down & the right main gear about 37 ft from the right edge of the rwy. After touchdown, the acft continued to the right & the right propeller struck a 2 to 3 ft high snowbank which was between the edge of the rwy & the rwy edge lights. The #1 blade separated from the propeller & entered the cabin, fatally injuring 1 passenger & seriously injuring another. Investigation revealed that rwy plowing activities, 2 days before the accident, had left snowbanks at the edge of the rwy inside the rwy edge lights. They had not been removed per 14 CFR 139.85 & arpt opns manual. There was no NOTAM for snowbanks & the company station manager did not notify the aircrew about their location. The fltcrew were not aware that when the 1st officer dimmed the intensity of the apch lights (by activating the mic switch) that the rwy edge lights also dimmed. The capt believed he lost some peripheral cues after touchdown.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8444H
- Reported as
- Convair 580-11-A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 327A
- Airframe hours
- 39,511
- Engine
- Allison 501D-13, 3,750 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Republic Airlines, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- MSP · Minneapolis, MN
- Destination
- BRD · Brainerd, MN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- Brainerd Crow Wing Co, runway 23, 6,500 × 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
- 32
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 12,730 total · 3,000 in this make and model · 232 in the last 90 days · 77 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 300 ft
- Temperature
- 32 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BRD
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.