A BE1900 on landing rollout drifted to the left, striking a snow berm. Incurred damage to the propeller and resulted in an engine change for sudden stoppage.

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Attributes
ACN	432598
Time
Date	199904
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bil.airport
State Reference	MT
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Weather Elements	Ice Snow other
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : bil.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Beech 1900
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 23 flight time total : 5200 flight time type : 23
ASRS Report	432598
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 3200 flight time type : 1200
ASRS Report	732604
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical excursion : runway ground encounters other other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	aircraft : evacuated controller : issued alert flight crew : regained aircraft control flight crew : declared emergency
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Weather Airport Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Situations
Airport	runway surface condition : bil.airport snow removal : bil.airport

Narrative:

I made the landing from ILS, touched down on centerline. Aircraft drifted to the left. Applied full right rudder and applied right brake, then nose steering. Aircraft continued left. The left propeller engine hit a snow berm about 1/3 off centerline. The engine stopped. The aircraft came back to the centerline with the captain's assistance. We turned into the left engine to exit the runway. Tower said they saw flames coming out of left engine. We did a complete shutdown, tried the extinguisher bottle and evacuate/evacuationed the passenger. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated the aircraft was a BE1900 with P&west PT6A-67 engines. The reporter said no fire was involved in this event and no fire warning was activated. The reporter said the fire bottles were discharged but only because the tower controller thought he saw fire which was proved wrong. The reporter stated the aircraft incurred damage to the propeller and the engine was replaced due to sudden stoppage.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A BE1900 ON LNDG ROLLOUT DRIFTED TO THE L, STRIKING A SNOW BERM. INCURRED DAMAGE TO THE PROP AND RESULTED IN AN ENG CHANGE FOR SUDDEN STOPPAGE.

Narrative: I MADE THE LNDG FROM ILS, TOUCHED DOWN ON CTRLINE. ACFT DRIFTED TO THE L. APPLIED FULL R RUDDER AND APPLIED R BRAKE, THEN NOSE STEERING. ACFT CONTINUED L. THE L PROP ENG HIT A SNOW BERM ABOUT 1/3 OFF CTRLINE. THE ENG STOPPED. THE ACFT CAME BACK TO THE CTRLINE WITH THE CAPT'S ASSISTANCE. WE TURNED INTO THE L ENG TO EXIT THE RWY. TWR SAID THEY SAW FLAMES COMING OUT OF L ENG. WE DID A COMPLETE SHUTDOWN, TRIED THE EXTINGUISHER BOTTLE AND EVACED THE PAX. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE ACFT WAS A BE1900 WITH P&W PT6A-67 ENGS. THE RPTR SAID NO FIRE WAS INVOLVED IN THIS EVENT AND NO FIRE WARNING WAS ACTIVATED. THE RPTR SAID THE FIRE BOTTLES WERE DISCHARGED BUT ONLY BECAUSE THE TWR CTLR THOUGHT HE SAW FIRE WHICH WAS PROVED WRONG. THE RPTR STATED THE ACFT INCURRED DAMAGE TO THE PROP AND THE ENG WAS REPLACED DUE TO SUDDEN STOPPAGE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.