TATITLEK, AK, USA
N27827
PIPER PA-31
THE AIRPLANE LANDED ON AN ICE AND WATER COVERED RUNWAY, THEN WAS UNABLE TO STOP BEFORE RUNNING OFF THE DEPARTURE END. ON THE PREVIOUS DAY, A PILOT HAD REPORTED, TO A NEARBY FAA FSS, THAT THE RUNWAY WAS COVERED WITH GLARE ICE AND WATER AND THAT THE BRAKING ACTION WAS NIL. THIS INFORMATION WAS NOT PUT IN A NOTAM, AND THE ACCIDENT PILOT WAS NOT AWARE OF THE RUNWAY CONDITION PRIOR TO LANDING.
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO PERFORM A GO AROUND. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE ICY RUNWAY CONDITION AND THE FAILURE OF THE FSS PERSONNEL TO PROPERLY ISSUE AND DISSEMINATE A NOTAM CONCERNING THE ICY RUNWAY CONDITION.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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