Incident Overview
Description
A Beechcraft 300 Super King Air, registration C-FMHD, operated by Aviation CMP Inc., was on an instrument flight from Saint-Hubert, Quebec, to Saint-Georges, Quebec, with two pilots and one passenger on board. At 11:26, following a Runway 06 RNAV (GPS) instrument approach, the aircraft was too high to be landed safely, and the crew carried out a missed approach. The crew members advised the Montral Centre that they would attempt a Runway 24 RNAV (GPS) instrument approach. At 11:46, the aircraft touched down over 2400 feet past the runway 24 threshold. As soon as it touched down, the aircraft started to turn left on the snow-covered runway. Full right rudder was used in an attempt to regain directional control. However, the aircraft continued to turn left, departed the runway, and came to rest in a ditch about 50 feet south of the runway. The aircraft sustained substantial damage. There were no injuries. FINDINGS AS TO CAUSES AND CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: 1. Because the aircraft’s trajectory was not stabilized on the final phase of the approach, the aircraft was drifting to the left when the wheels touched down. The pilot-in-command was unable to keep the aircraft in the centre of the snow-covered runway, which had been cleared of snow to only 36 feet of its width. 2. The left main landing gear, then the nose wheel, struck a snow bank left on the runway by the snow-removal vehicle, and the pilot-in-command was unable to regain control of the aircraft.
Primary Cause
Loss of control due to trajectory deviation during the final approach phase, exacerbated by the snow-covered runway and the pilot-in-command’s inability to maintain center of the runway.Loss of control due to trajectory deviation during the final approach phase, exacerbated by the snow-covered runway and the pilot-in-command’s inability to maintain center of the runway.Share on:
