- Date
- March 12, 1983, 19:00 local (Mar 13, 1983, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Albany, NY
- Injuries
- 8 minor, 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1011NSwearingen SA226TC
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830312011169A
- Case key
- 35032
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that during arrival, he followed the ILS glide slope to touchdown about 1000 ft down the rwy. He reported the landing was smooth, and when the acft was aprx 100 ft from the intersection of rwys 1/19 and 10/28, he saw a ridge of snow and ice across the rwy. Since the acft saw still traveling at aprx 50 KTS, the aircrew could not avoid the ice and snow. As the acft crossed the intersection, a loud noise was heard. The landing gear aural warning horn activated and the red light on the nose gear indicator illuminated. After stopping, an inspection revealed the nose gear was bent aft and the fuselage was wrinkled. Also, the space between the nosewheel tires was found packed with ice. A further investigation revealed that snowplow operators had been plowing snow on rwy 10/28 and turn-arounds had been made on rwy 1/19 before swearingen, N1011N, had landed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1011N
- Reported as
- Swearingen SA226TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 26,458
- Engine
- Airesearch TPE 331, 840 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- East Coast Airways
- Registered owner
- J.D.Posillico Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · January 7, 1983 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- BAF · Westfield, MA
- Destination
- ALB · Albany, NY
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ALB · Albany, runway 10, 7,200 × 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,500 total · 120 in this make and model · 4,000 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 340° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft overcast
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.