- Date
- January 15, 1979
- Place
- Missoula, MT · MISSOULA, MT
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N14RJHandly-Page HP-137
- Status
- Completed · report April 2, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790115000889A
- Case key
- 137749
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0172 79/1/15 MISSOULA,MT HANDLY-PAGE HP-137 CR- 0 0 3 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2351 N14RJ PX- 0 0 2 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 50, 15725 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 317 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MISSOULA COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MISSOULA,MT KALISPELL,MT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO NOTIFY OF UNSAFE COND/AND OR FAILURE TO MARK OBSTRUCTION PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER/INADEQUATE SNOW REMOVAL PERSONNEL - AIRWAYS FACILITIES PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO ISSUE NOTAM REMARKS- LH MAIN WHEEL ENC 8 IN SNOW BERM ON RUNWAY AT VR SPD.CREW NOT AWARE RWY NOT FULLY PLOWED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14RJ
- Reported as
- Handly-Page HP-137
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Missoula County
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.