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A BE99 cargo pilot landed on a partially plowed runway and veered off the left side into a snow bank damaging the aircraft's flaps. He departed to his next destination but diverted to his home airport after the flaps would not extend.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 870221 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201001 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Dawn |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Airliner 99 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 120 Flight Crew Total 2900 Flight Crew Type 1100 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural FAR Ground Event / Encounter Object Ground Excursion Runway |
Narrative:
Shot a normal approach. On short final I noticed the runway had been ploughed down the middle but the edges had not been ploughed. Upon landing my aircraft started pulling to the left. I tried to correct but it was to late. My left wheel hit the snow berm and started turning me to the left. I spun around off the runway. After realizing what happened I pulled out of the the snow bank by throttling up the engines. This caused snow to damage my flaps. I was in a state of shock and did not want to get in trouble. I wasn't thinking clearly. After unloading my cargo on the ramp I took back off to my next destination. When shooting my next approach my flaps would not come down. I flew back to my base and landed without event.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A BE99 cargo pilot landed on a partially plowed runway and veered off the left side into a snow bank damaging the aircraft's flaps. He departed to his next destination but diverted to his home airport after the flaps would not extend.
Narrative: Shot a normal approach. On short final I noticed the runway had been ploughed down the middle but the edges had not been ploughed. Upon landing my aircraft started pulling to the left. I tried to correct but it was to late. My left wheel hit the snow berm and started turning me to the left. I spun around off the runway. After realizing what happened I pulled out of the the snow bank by throttling up the engines. This caused snow to damage my flaps. I was in a state of shock and did not want to get in trouble. I wasn't thinking clearly. After unloading my cargo on the ramp I took back off to my next destination. When shooting my next approach my flaps would not come down. I flew back to my base and landed without event.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.