Bombardier CL-600-2B19 N8905F

Summary

On 12 April 2007 at about 04:43 local time, a Bombardier CL-600-2B19 registered N8905F, operated by Pinnacle Air Inc, was involved in an accident near Traverse City, Michigan, United States. 52 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

12 April 2007 at 04:43

Classification

Accident

Location

Traverse City, Michigan, United States

Nearest airport

Cherry Capitol Airport (KTVC)

Coordinates

44.7417, -85.5933

Aircraft

Bombardier CL-600-2B19

Registration

N8905F

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Pinnacle Air Inc

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Minneapolis → Traverse City

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

DCA07FA037

Nobody was injured.

The pilots' decision to land at Cherry Capital Airport (TVC), Traverse City, Michigan, without performing a landing distance assessment, which was required by company policy because of runway contamination initially reported by TVC ground operations personnel and continuing reports of deteriorating weather and runway conditions during the approach. This poor decision-making likely reflected the effects of fatigue produced by a long, demanding duty day and, for the captain, the duties associated with check airman functions. Contributing to the accident were 1) the Federal Aviation Administration pilot flight and duty time regulations that permitted the pilots' long, demanding duty day and 2) the TVC operations supervisor's use of ambiguous and unspecific radio phraseology in providing runway braking information. The Safety Board's full report is available at http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/A_Acc1.htm. The Aircraft Accident Report number is NTSB/AAR-08-02.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The Safety Board's full report is available at http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/A_Acc1.htm. The Aircraft Accident Report number is NTSB/AAR-08-02. On April 12, 2007, about 0043 eastern daylight time, a Bombardier/Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) CL600-2B19, N8905F, operated as Pinnacle Airlines flight 4712, ran off the departure end of runway 28 after landing at Cherry Capital Airport (TVC), Traverse City, Michigan. There were no injuries among the 49 passengers (including 3 lap-held infants) and 3 crewmembers, and the aircraft was substantially damaged. Weather was reported as snowing. The airplane was being operated under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 121 and had departed from Minneapolis-St. Paul International (Wold-Chamberlain) Airport (MSP), Minneapolis, Minnesota, about 2153 central daylight time (CDT). Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident flight, which operated on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.