National Transportation Safety Board Printed on : 11/18/2010 6:18:34 PM

Washington, DC 20594

Brief of Accident

Adopted 11/12/2008

DCA07FA037
File No. 24597 04/12/2007 Traverse City, MI Aircraft Reg No. N8905F Time (Local): 00:43 EDT

Make/Model: Bombardier / CL-600-2B19 Fatal Serious Minor/None

Engine Make/Model: General Electric / CF34B Crew 0 0 3
Aircraft Damage: Substantial Pass 0 0 49
Number of Engines: 2
Operating Certificate(s): Flag Carrier/Domestic
Name of Carrier: PINNACLE AIR INC
Type of Flight Operation: Scheduled; Domestic; Passenger Only
Reg. Flight Conducted Under: Part 121: Air Carrier

Last Depart. Point: MINNEAPOLIS, MN Condition of Light: Night

Destination: Same as Accident/Incident Location Weather Info Src: Weather Observation Facility
Airport Proximity: On Airport/Airstrip Basic Weather: Instrument Conditions
Airport Name: Cherry Capitol Airport Lowest Ceiling: 400 Ft. AGL, Indefinite (V V)
Runway Identification: 28 Visibility: .50 SM
Runway Length/Width (Ft): 6501 / 150 Wind Dir/Speed: 040 / 008 Kts
Runway Surface: Asphalt Temperature (°C): 0
Runway Surface Condition: Ice; Slush covered; Snow Precip/Obscuration: Heavy - Snow

Pilot-in-Command Age: 28 Flight Time (Hours)

Certificate(s)/Rating(s) Total All Aircraft: 5600

Airline Transport; Multi-engine Land; Single-engine Land Last 90 Days: Unk/Nr
Total Make/Model: 4243
Instrument Ratings Total Instrument Time: UnK/Nr
Airplane

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.
Updated at Jun 4 2009 2:08PM
 Brief of Accident (Continued)

DCA07FA037
File No. 24597 04/12/2007 Traverse City, MI Aircraft Reg No. N8905F Time (Local): 00:43 EDT

Occurrence #1: OVERRUN

Phase of Operation: LANDING

Findings
1. (F) WEATHER CONDITION - SNOW
2. (C) IN-FLIGHT PLANNING/DECISION - IMPROPER - PILOT IN COMMAND
3. (F) FATIGUE - FLIGHTCREW

Findings Legend: (C) = Cause, (F) = Factor

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The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows.
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.