- Date
- January 30, 1991, 18:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Johnstown, PA
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N30SEBeech 200
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910130001289A
- Case key
- 36873
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain proper directional control of the airplane during landing, resulting in a collision with a snow bank and runway marker. A factor relating to the accident was the low visibility during landing.
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 pilot executed an ILS approach with one quarter mile visibility in light rain and fog. An FAA inspector stated that after touchdown the airplane collided with a snowbank on the left side of the runway and hit a large runway marker, which collapsed the left main and nose gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30SE
- Reported as
- Beech 200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BB313
- Airframe hours
- 5,143
- Engine
- P&W PT-6-41, 850 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Operator
- Frank Calandre, Inc., doing business as Butler Air, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Frank Calandre, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · December 13, 1990 · 71 hours before
- Departed
- STL · St. Louis, MO
- 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 11,863 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 10,993 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 240° at 6 knots
- Temperature
- 34 °F
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 N30SE · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.