Serious incident Beechcraft 1900C N34010, Monday 11 January 1993

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Date:	Monday 11 January 1993
Time:	11:15 LT
Type:	Beechcraft 1900C
Owner/operator:	Britt Airways, opf Continental Express
Registration:	N34010
MSN:	VC3
Engine model:	P&W PT6A-65B
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Minor
Category:	Serious incident
Location:	Riverton, WY - United States of America
Phase:	Taxi
Nature:	Unknown
Departure airport:	Denver, CO (KDEN)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO EXIT THE RUNWAY AFTER LANDING IN CONDITIONS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY, THE CAPTAIN BECAME DISORIENTED, AND TURNED THE AIRCRAFT ONTO SNOW COVERED TERRAIN, BELIEVING IT TO BE A TAXIWAY. ONCE THE CREW REALIZED THAT THEY WERE NOT ON THE TAXIWAY, THE CAPTAIN ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT. THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED WHEN IT HIT A SNOW COVERED DITCH PRIOR TO THE AIRCRAFT COMING TO A STOP.

Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S DISORIENTATION. FACTORS INCLUDE SNOW, FOG, SNOW COVERED TERRAIN, AND A DRAINAGE DITCH.

Accident investigation: