ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 292780
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| Date: | Tuesday 13 December 2005 |
| Time: | 15:15 LT |
| Type: |  Lancair 235 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | N290DM |
| MSN: | 156 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 277 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-290-D2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Medina, Ohio -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Atlanta-Cobb County-Mc Collum Field, GA (KRYY) |
| Medina, OH (1G5) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During the landing roll the airplane impacted a snow bank situated alongside the runway and subsequently nosed over. The pilot reported that the runway was contaminated with snow and ice patches. The pilot stated that after touchdown the airplane "immediately began drifting toward the left side of the runway." The pilot reported that he attempted to correct for the drift using right rudder but "lost directional control" and departed off the left side of the runway. The pilot reported that he had 11 hours of flight experience in the airplane and the "runway conditions were much more than I was capable of handling with this aircraft." The accident airplane was equipped with a free-castering nose landing gear and directional control is maintained by differential braking when the rudder becomes ineffective at lower speeds.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing due to an icy runway. Factors to the accident were the ice/snow contaminated runway surface, snow bank, and the pilot's lack of familiarity with the accident airplane.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI06CA044
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Oct-2022 09:05 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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