Night Landing Accident Involves Runway Misidentification and Snowbank Impact

Incident Overview During a night landing, the pilot misidentified the runway surface and landed the airplane in a snowbank located on the left side of the runway. The pilot reported that most of the runway lights had been covered by heavy snow, making them not clearly visible during the straight-in approach. ## Damage Assessment The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings and the horizontal stabilizer as a result of the impact with the snowbank. No specific aircraft type, registration, date, operator, or location was provided in the source material, and no probable cause was explicitly stated beyond the pilot's account of the misidentification and visibility conditions.