- Date
- March 6, 1989, 09:25 local (14:25 UTC)
- Place
- Johnstown, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N45861Beech TC-45J
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890306010479A
- Case key
- 36389
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain runway alignment. The crosswind and snow covered runway were related factors.
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
The plt landed the acft on rwy 33 in IMC with snow falling & snow on the rwy. The wind was from 050 deg a 14 KTS. Subsequently, the acft slid off the side of the rwy & the nose gear failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45861
- Reported as
- Beech TC-45J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 46-7236
- Airframe hours
- 15,164
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Centre Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 23, 1989 · 85 hours before
- Departed
- PHL · Philadelphia, PA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- JST · Johnstown-Cambria County, runway 33, 5,486 × 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
- 49
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,851 total · 3,075 in this make and model · 7,000 as pilot in command · 190 in the last 90 days · 69 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 14 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 400 ft broken
- Temperature
- 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JST
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.