Fatigue Cited in Excursion

摘要

Inbound from Dallas with three charter passengers early on Feb. 4, 2010, the pilot was told by an Amarillo (Texas, U.S.) International Airport operations worker that the runway was covered with snow and ice. Visibility was 1/2 mi (800 m) in freezing fog, and there was an indefinite ceiling with vertical visibility of 110 ft. The pilot conducted the ILS approach to Runway 04 and touched down about 20 kt faster than the recommended landing speed. "The airplanes right main landing gear touched down first, followed by the left main landing gear and the nose gear," the NTSB report said. "The airplane made an abrupt left turn [and] departed the left side of the runway."