Runway excursion Accident Douglas C-54G-15-DO (DC-4) N811E, Friday 8 October 1993

Date:	Friday 8 October 1993
Time:	17:35
Type:	Douglas C-54G-15-DO (DC-4)
Owner/operator:	Brooks Air Fuel
Registration:	N811E
MSN:	36080
Year of manufacture:	1945
Total airframe hrs:	28585 hours
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-2000-4
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Point Lay-Dew Station Airport, AK (PIZ) - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Fairbanks International Airport, AK (FAI/PAFA)
Destination airport:	Point Lay-Dew Station Airport, AK (PIZ/PPIZ)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
When landing on the 3500 feet runway, braking action was nil due to ice on the runway. The captain steered the DC-4 to a dry patch on the left side of the runway. The aircraft veered left when entering the dry patch and ran off the runway. Minimum landing distance on a dry hard runway surface is 4500 feet.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot-in-command's failure to perform proper pre-flight planning by not computing the required landing runway length."

Accident investigation: