- Date
- December 6, 1984, 12:35 local (17:35 UTC)
- Place
- Millinocket, ME
- Injuries
- 8 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N699GNGulfstream 690B
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841206065499A
- Case key
- 35658
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Analysis
Plt stated that after touchdown, acft began a left drift. As plt applied corrective input, he noted the left wheel was in a snow windrow, so additional input was made to break wheel free of window. Left wheel crossed windrow as acft swerved right but plt was unable to arrest swerve before nose gear contacted windrow on right side, collapsing the nose gear. Acft continued off right side of runway, striking VASI lights with both props and the main lndg gear. Plt was aware only center 75 ft of 150 ft wide runway had been plowed and believed touchdown was on runway center. A 130 degree right crosswind of 10-15 KTS existed at the time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N699GN
- Reported as
- Gulfstream 690B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11393
- Engine
- Garrett TPE3315251K, 718 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Great Northern Paper Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 5, 1984 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- PWM · Portland, ME
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MLT · Millinocket, runway 29, 4,700 × 150 ft, snow
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,235 total · 1,827 in this make and model · 7,104 as pilot in command · 155 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft
- Temperature
- 21 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MLT
FAA reports on this event · 1
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