ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 367370
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| Date: | Friday 23 February 1990 |
| Time: | 23:22 LT |
| Type: |  Fokker F-27-200 |
| Owner/operator: | Mesaba Aviation, Inc. |
| Registration: | N270MA |
| MSN: | 10212 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1962 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 48238 hours |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce 532-7R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 28 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Marquette, MI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Detroit, MI (KDTW) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
WEATHER WAS REPORTED AT APPROACH MINIMUMS WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. THE RUNWAY ENVIRONMENT WAS ACQUIRED AT OR ABOVE DECISION HEIGHT. AT TOUCHDOWN A WHITEOUT OCCURRED AND FORWARD VISIBILITY WAS REDUCED TO ZERO. THE CAPTAIN WHO WAS PILOTING THE AIRCRAFT LOST VISUAL REFERENCE TO THE RUNWAY AND SUBSEQUENTLY WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WHEN IT DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT AND THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR CONTACTED DEEP SNOW. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WAIST DEEP SNOW 100 FEET OFF THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS DAMAGED. NONE OF THE CREW OF THREE NOR ANY OF THE 25 PASSENGERS REPORTED INJURIES.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING TOUCHDOWN AND ROLLOUT.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI90IA089
History of this aircraft
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 22-Mar-2024 13:42 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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