Accident Beechcraft 200 Super King Air N30SE, Wednesday 30 January 1991

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Date:	Wednesday 30 January 1991
Time:	19:15 LT
Type:	Beechcraft 200 Super King Air
Owner/operator:	Frank Calandre, Inc.
Registration:	N30SE
MSN:	BB313
Year of manufacture:	1977
Total airframe hrs:	5143 hours
Engine model:	P&W PT6-41
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Johnstown, PA - United States of America
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Executive
Departure airport:	St. Louis, MO (KSTL)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
THE PILOT EXECUTED AN ILS APPROACH WITH ONE QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY IN LIGHT RAIN AND FOG. AN FAA INSPECTOR STATED THAT AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH A SNOWBANK ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND HIT A LARGE RUNWAY MARKER, WHICH COLLAPSED THE LEFT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR.

Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN PROPER DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE DURING LANDING, RESULTING IN A COLLISION WITH A SNOW BANK AND RUNWAY MARKER. A FACTOR RELATING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE LOW VISIBILITY DURING LANDING.

Accident investigation: