# Incident 19940120008569I: Cessna 421C, Cincinnati, OH, January 20, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 1994, 06:25 local time
- Place: Cincinnati, OH
- Airport: Cincinnati-Blue Ash Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2467° N, 84.3890° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Cincinnati-Blue Ash Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2467&lon=-84.3890&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3968G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3968G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSI0-520-F-K (registry code 17031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsi0-520-f-k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,537 total, 200 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940120008569I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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^

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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