Aircraft skids of runway at Traverse City

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HERE is an article from the Traverse City Record Eagle.
HERE is another article from the Lansing State Journal.

At about 04:45 GMT (00:45 EDT) Pinnacle 4712 (N8905F), a CRJ-200 skidded about 50 feet off the runway at TVC. From looking at the FA flight page and having been at the airport half a dozen times, I’m pretty sure it was RWY 28. The aircraft did not have any braking action according to the crew members. The temp at TVC was around 32 F. There were no injuries to the 46 pax and 3 crew.

[quote=“FAA preliminary data”]IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 8905F Make/Model: CL60 Description: CL-600/601/604 Challenger (CC-144, CE-14
Date: 04/12/2007 Time: 0450

Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Substantial

LOCATION
City: TRAVERSE CITY State: MI Country: US

DESCRIPTION
N8905F, PINNACLE AIRLINES FLIGHT 4712, A BOMBARDIER CL-600 AIRCRAFT, ON
LANDING, SLID OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY, NO INJURIES REPORTED,
TRAVERSE CITY, MI

INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
# Crew: 3 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 46 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:

WEATHER: 02008KT 3/4SM -SN W002 00/M01

OTHER DATA
Activity: Business Phase: Landing Operation: Air Carrier

Departed: MINNEAPOLIS, MN Dep Date: Dep. Time:
Destination: TRAVERSE CITY, MI Flt Plan: IFR Wx Briefing:
Last Radio Cont:
Last Clearance:

FAA FSDO: GRAND RAPIDS, MI (GL09) Entry date: 04/12/2007
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Some sort of Fairchild (metro or merlin) ran off the runway at Chicago Executive (Palwaukee KPWK) yesterday. Similar weather at the time.

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Merlin Skids Off Runway Following Aborted Takeoff At PWK
Fri, 13 Apr '07

Pilot Says Engine Was ‘Pulling, Surging’
A twin-engine turboprop airplane skidded into a ditch at Chicago Executive Airport in Wheeling, IL earlier this week after the pilot experienced engine trouble and aborted the takeoff, authorities said.

The airplane was carrying four family members back to their home in Shreveport, LA when the pilot reported he felt a surge in the left engine.

“One engine was operating normally while the left engine was pulling, surging,” the pilot, Stacy Mchalffey, told the Chicago Tribune. “The aircraft drifted to the left and then at some point off to the left side of the runway.”

The plane, a Swearingen Merlin SA-226-T (type shown above), sustained significant damage in the Wednesday morning accident. Those onboard were treated for minor bumps and bruises, said Wheeling Fire Chief Keith MacIsaac.

Weather conditions and visibility at Chicago Executive were poor at the time of the accident, according to several witnesses. One witness reported, “It was snowing pretty heavily; very slushy and mushy.”

“Had we not had this weather and the runway was dry, I would have been able to control the aircraft,” said Mchalffey.

IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 125WG Make/Model: SW3 Description: SA-226TB, SA-227TT Merlin 3
Date: 04/11/2007 Time: 1615

Event Type: Incident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Minor

LOCATION
City: CHICAGO State: IL Country: US

DESCRIPTION
AIRCRAFT ON TAKEOFF, SLID OFF THE RUNWAY, CHICAGO-PROSPECT HEIGHTS, IL

INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
# Crew: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 4 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:

WEATHER: SPECI 1619Z 09011G26KTS 3/4SM -SNBR BKN007 OVC012 01/00 A2953

OTHER DATA
Activity: Unknown Phase: Take-off Operation: OTHER

Departed: CHICAGO, IL Dep Date: Dep. Time:
Destination: SHREVEPORT, LA Flt Plan: IFR Wx Briefing:
Last Radio Cont:
Last Clearance:

FAA FSDO: WEST CHICAGO, IL (GL03) Entry date: 04/12/2007

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I was on this flight. I have to commend the pilot for his ability to control the situation and keeping everyone (including me) onboard safe.

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