19940120008569I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 421C · Cincinnati, OH · January 20, 1994

Date
January 20, 1994 · 06:25 local
Place
Cincinnati, OH
Airport
Cincinnati-Blue Ash Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3968G
Reported as
Cessna 421C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,537 total200 in this make and model41 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: at the beginning of the take-off roll on runway 24 at Blue ash airport, everything appeared normal. As the aircraft was rolling forward and accelerating the throttles were simultaneously being advanced (as usual). The right turbocharger then surged slightly, driving the nose of the aircraft to the left. I applied right rudder and then right brake with no apparent effect. I closed both throttles. Shortly after that the left main gear ran into snow banked (1-2' deep) on the edge of the runway. This pulled the aircraft further off the runway. The nosegear subsequently collapsed prior to the aircraft coming to a stop. As the aircraft's left main gear contacted snowbank, I pulled full back yoke in an effort to relieve the load on the nose gear. The nose gear remained clear of main snow bank but came down about 189 feet later. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TAKE-OFF ROLL ON RUNWAY 24 AT BLUE ASH AIRPORT, EVERYTHING APPEARED NORMAL. AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS ROLLING FORWARD AND ACCELERATING THE THROTTLES WERE SIMULTANEOUSLY BEING ADVANCED (AS USUAL). THE RIGHT TURBOCHARGER THEN SURGED SLIGHTLY, DRIVING THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT. I APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER AND THEN RIGHT BRAKE WITH NO APPARENT EFFECT. I CLOSED BOTH THROTTLES. SHORTLY AFTER THAT THE LEFT MAIN GEAR RAN INTO SNOW BANKED (1-2' DEEP) ON THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. THIS PULLED THE AIRCRAFT FURTHER OFF THE RUNWAY. THE NOSEGEAR SUBSEQUENTLY COLLAPSED PRIOR TO THE AIRCRAFT COMING TO A STOP. AS THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT MAIN GEAR CONTACTED SNOWBANK, I PULLED FULL BACK YOKE IN AN EFFORT TO RELIEVE THE LOAD ON THE NOSE GEAR. THE NOSE GEAR REMAINED CLEAR OF MAIN SNOW BANK BUT CAME DOWN ABOUT 189 FEET LATER. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^