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| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1715190 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201912 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZLC.ARTCC |
| State Reference | UT |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 90 Flight Crew Total 5300 Flight Crew Type 2500 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Ground Excursion Runway Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
No WX was available because its a VFR airport; no WX. Cny reported ceiling 9500 calm winds. Bdg reported clear calm winds. I checked area forecast; no significant WX. I checked notams; no notams for U64. On short approach to runway 34; I saw evidence of the runway having been plowed. I saw snow on the runway. I perceived that to be a very small amount of snow due to the plow indications. On touchdown; the snow was much deeper; and pulled aircraft off the runway to the right. After I shutdown the aircraft; I walked back through my tracks; snow was shin deep with drifts that were knee deep. Due to the darkness; I had no depth perception of the depth of the snow.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Small transport pilot reported a runway excursion due to snow on the runway.
Narrative: No WX was available because its a VFR airport; no WX. CNY reported ceiling 9500 calm winds. BDG reported clear calm winds. I checked area forecast; no significant WX. I checked NOTAMs; no NOTAMs for U64. On short approach to Runway 34; I saw evidence of the runway having been plowed. I saw snow on the runway. I perceived that to be a very small amount of snow due to the plow indications. On touchdown; the snow was much deeper; and pulled aircraft off the runway to the right. After I shutdown the aircraft; I walked back through my tracks; snow was shin deep with drifts that were knee deep. Due to the darkness; I had no depth perception of the depth of the snow.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.