- Date
- January 20, 1983, 23:50 local (Jan 21, 1983, 05:50 UTC)
- Place
- Lubbock, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N555CHMitsubishi MU-2B-30
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830120002169A
- Case key
- 20796
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Analysis
The plt stated that after a normal approach, touchdown & initial roll-out, the acft veer right & struck a 3 to 4 ft snowbank. An investigation revealed that snow had been falling for over 12 hrs & an 80 ft wide path had been plowed down the center of the ruwway. There was 3 inches of snow remaining in the plowed area. No ice was reported, but the braking action was reported as nil. The plt reported that a previous ice storm had deposited 1/4 to 1/2 inch of ice on the runway before snow began to fall. The presence of ice had been indicated earlier in the day when a Boeing 737 had slid off of a taxiway. The plt stated that had he known about the ice, he would not have landed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N555CH
- Reported as
- Mitsubishi MU-2B-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 508
- Airframe hours
- 4,708
- Engine
- Garrett TPE-331-6252M, 724 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Clint Hurt & Associates, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 26, 1982 · 64 hours before
- Departed
- MAF · Midland, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- LBB · Lubbock Int'L., runway 17R, 11,500 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,056 total · 988 in this make and model · 5,699 as pilot in command · 82 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 60° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 100 ft
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LBB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.