Incident Overview

Date: Wednesday 15 December 1999
Aircraft Type: Beechcraft 200 Super King Air
Owner/operator: Kenn Borek Air
Registration Number: C-GKBN
Location: Hamburg Aerodrome, AB – ÿ Canada
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Component Affected: Approach flap, wind conditions, and the aircraft’s interaction with the snow windrow.Approach flap, wind conditions, and the aircraft’s interaction with the snow windrow.
Category: Accident
A Beechcraft 200 Super King Air with five passengers experienced a severe landing at Hamburg, AB, Canada, resulting in significant damage and a loss of directional control. The aircraft lost airspeed and control during a straight-in approach on a snow-covered runway, subsequently striking a snow windrow, causing it to turn sideways and land on a stand of trees. The First Officer initiated the landing, and the aircraft landed with a five-knot tail wind. The landing was firm, but the aircraft sustained substantial damage. A rut was discovered on the runway surface, potentially contributing to the loss of control.A Beechcraft 200 Super King Air with five passengers experienced a severe landing at Hamburg, AB, Canada, resulting in significant damage and a loss of directional control. The aircraft lost airspeed and control during a straight-in approach on a snow-covered runway, subsequently striking a snow windrow, causing it to turn sideways and land on a stand of trees. The First Officer initiated the landing, and the aircraft landed with a five-knot tail wind. The landing was firm, but the aircraft sustained substantial damage. A rut was discovered on the runway surface, potentially contributing to the loss of control.

Description

The crew of C-GKBN, a Beechcraft 200 Super King Air with 5 passengers, made a straight-in approach, with approach flap settings, to a snow-covered and icy runway at Hamburg, AB, Canada. Upon touchdown in 2 inches of snow, directional control was lost. The aircraft turned sideways on the strip, struck a snow windrow, which then pulled the aircraft off the strip into a stand of trees. The First Officer had made the landing. The aircraft had picked up about 1/8 inch of ICA on the approach. Approach flap had been used for the landing instead of landing flap. The aircraft had landed with a five knot tail wind. The landing touchdown was reported to be very firm. There were no injuries but the aircraft was substantially damaged. Company representatives examining the runway surface after the accident discovered a rut running diagonally across the runway, which was apparently present prior the landing and may have contributed to the loss of directional control of the aircraft.

Primary Cause

Incorrect approach flap settings and wind conditions during a straight-in approach, combined with a snow windrow striking the aircraft.Incorrect approach flap settings and wind conditions during a straight-in approach, combined with a snow windrow striking the aircraft.

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