SAGINAW, MI, USA
N2899D
Piper PA-32-300
Upon landing, the aircraft exited the left side of the runway and impacted a snowbank. The runway was contaminated with patchy ice. No preexisting anomalies were found with respect to the aircraft or it's systems.
On February 20, 2000, at 2300 eastern standard time, a Piper PA-32-300, N2899D, piloted by a private pilot, sustained substantial damage when it impacted a snowbank during landing on runway 27 (5,000 feet by 100 feet, ice covered asphalt) at the Saginaw County Airport, Saginaw, Michigan. The 14 CFR Part 91 flight was not on a flight plan. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The pilot reported no injuries to himself or his two passengers. The flight originated at the Akron-Canton Regional Airport, Akron, Ohio at 2130. Upon landing, the aircraft exited the left side of the runway and impacted a snowbank. According to the Federal Aviation Administration Inspector, there was patchy ice covering the runway surface. A postaccident examination of the aircraft revealed no preexisting anomalies.
the pilots failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft. Factors were the icy runway and the snowbank.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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