Provincial SF34 at Stephenville on Jan 8th 2014, went into snow drift on landing
Last Update: January 13, 2014 / 22:35:05 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 8, 2014
Classification
Incident
Airline
Provincial Airlines
Flight number
PB-913
Departure
St. John's, Canada
Destination
Stephenville, Canada
Aircraft Registration
C-FPAI
Aircraft Type
SAAB 340
ICAO Type Designator
SF34
Airport ICAO Code
CYJT
The Canadian TSB reported both propellers received damage in the occurrence after the crew lost sight of the runway edge lights following selection of reverse thrust that blew up snow and the aircraft veered left entering a snow drift in the unploughed section of the runway.
NAV Canada reported at the time of landing there were wind gusts up to 50 knots blowing snow up causing a white out to the crew, the aircraft veered to the left and got stuck in a "blanket of snow".
The remaining sectors of the flight to Deer Lake,NL (Canada) and back to St. John's were cancelled.
Metars:
CYJT 081215Z 27030G48KT 1 1/2SM BLSN BKN020 RMK BLSN4SC3
CYJT 081200Z 28028G46KT 8SM DRSN BKN020 M11/M13 A2967 RMK SC7 SLP049
CYJT 081138Z 25029G45KT 8SM DRSN BKN020 RMK SC7
CYJT 081100Z 25030G50KT 5SM -SHSN BLSN BKN020 M11/M12 A2964 RMK SC7 SLP040
CYJT 081046Z 25028G40KT 2SM -SHSN BLSN BKN020 RMK SC7
CYJT 081000Z 27030G35KT 1/8SM -SHSN +BLSN VV001 M11/M12 A2963 RMK BLSN8 /S06/ RVR RWY 27 1000FT SLP035
CYJT 080900Z 26040G45KT 1/8SM -SHSN +BLSN VV001 M10/M11 A2958 RMK BLSN8 /S04/ RVR RWY 27 1400FT SLP020
CYJT 080835Z 24030G35KT 2SM -SHSN BLSN OVC020 RMK BLSN3SC5
CYJT 080843Z 27030G35KT 1/8SM -SHSN +BLSN VV001 RMK BLSN8 RVR RWY 27 1200FT
CYJT 080800Z 24030KT 1/8SM -SHSN +BLSN VV001 M10/M11 A2956 RMK BLSN8 /S03/ RVR RWY 27 1200FT SLP011
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 8, 2014
Classification
Incident
Airline
Provincial Airlines
Flight number
PB-913
Departure
St. John's, Canada
Destination
Stephenville, Canada
Aircraft Registration
C-FPAI
Aircraft Type
SAAB 340
ICAO Type Designator
SF34
Airport ICAO Code
CYJT
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