# NTSB Accident CHI06CA044
> **Mendenhall Lancair 235** · 2005-12-13 · Medina, OH, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI06CA044
- **Event ID:** 20060113X00072
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2005-12-13
- **Location:** Medina, OH, USA
- **Coordinates:** 41.131389, -81.764999
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Mendenhall
- **Model:** Lancair 235
- **Registration:** N290DM
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing due to an icy runway.  Factors to the accident were the ice/snow contaminated runway surface, snow bank, and the pilot's lack of familiarity with the accident airplane.

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