- Date
- March 7, 1978
- Place
- Hutchinson, KS · HUTCHINSON, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N888CAAero Comdr 500B
- Status
- Completed · report April 7, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780307004969A
- Case key
- 158607
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0286 78/3/7 HUTCHINSON,KS AERO COMDR 500B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0325 N888CA PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO AGE 24, 3625 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 56 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HUTCHINSON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WICHITA,KS HUTCHINSON,KS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER/INADEQUATE SNOW REMOVAL AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-WINDSHIELD MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- WIND GUSTING TO 15KTS.FOOT HIGH PILES OF SNOW REMOVED FROM RWY AFT ACCIDENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N888CA
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 500B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hutchinson
N888CARegistration cancelled May 21, 2015 · Aero Commander 500-BAirframe modelAero Commander 500-BEngine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N888CA · 2
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