NTSB Cites Pilots’ Poor Decision-making in Report on CRJ Overrun
The NTSB said today that a Pinnacle Airlines CRJ200 overran the end of a runway in Traverse City, Mich., last year because the pilots elected to land in sn

The NTSB said today that a Pinnacle Airlines CRJ200 overran the end of a runway in Traverse City, Mich., last year because the pilots elected to land in snow without performing the required landing-distance calculations. 

The Board adopted its final report on the April 12, 2007, accident in which Pinnacle Flight 4712, operating as Northwest Airlink, ran off the departure end of Runway 28 after landing at Traverse City’s Cherry Capital Airport. None of the 49 passengers and three crewmembers sustained injuries, but the airplane suffered substantial damage. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.