ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 198831
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| Date: | Monday 16 February 2009 |
| Time: | 16:00 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft A90 King Air |
| Owner/operator: | Missionary Aviation Repair Center |
| Registration: | N418SP |
| MSN: | LM-138 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1970 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 11807 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney PT6A-20 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Soldotna, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Wasilla Airport, AK (WWA/PAWS) |
| Soldotna Airport, AK (SXQ/PASX) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airline transport pilot was making a personal cross-country flight. The pilot said when he arrived at the destination airport there was 3-4 inches of new snow, and that the overcast and low light condition made everything look gray. He said the visual approach slope indicator (VASI) lights were inoperative, and the appropriate notice to airman (NOTAM) was issued. He said he turned on the runway lights, identified what he thought was the runway surface, and lined up the runway edge lights on his left. After the airplane touched down he said he realized that he landed to the right of the runway surface, with the right side runway edge lights on his left. The pilot said the airplane settled into deep snow, and impacted a snowbank, collapsing the landing gear. In a written statement the pilot wrote that given the snow and light conditions, using the wide area augmentation system (WAAS) instrument flight rules (IFR) approach would have aligned the airplane with the runway surface. The pilot said there were no known mechanical problems with the airplane prior to the accident. The airplane sustained structural fuselage damage during the accident.
Probable Cause: The pilot's misidentification of the runway surface during landing. Contributing to the accident were the snow-covered terrain, and low-light conditions.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Aug-2017 15:11 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
| 28-Apr-2021 19:56 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Narrative] |
| 17-Nov-2022 08:14 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
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