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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC932 · Washington, DC · January 28, 1994

Date
January 28, 1994 · 09:50 local
Place
Washington, DC
Airport
Dulles International
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
VJ6A
Aircraft
N3339L
NTSB investigation
NTSBDCA94IA032
Reported as
Doug DC932
People aboard
106
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,700 total256 in this make and model56 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: on takeoff, at approximately 80-85 knots, the aircraft began drifting to the right of centerline. The PIC made the decision to abort the takeoff. The aircraft then drifted back to the left and exited the left edge of the runway about halfway down the runway. It crossed a taxiway and a grassy area and came to rest on the taxiway which parallels the active runway. There were no injuries and the aircraft was not evacuated. It was towed back to the gate where the passengers were deplaned. There was no damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON TAKEOFF, AT APPROXIMATELY 80-85 KNOTS, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN DRIFTING TO THE RIGHT OF CENTERLINE. THE PIC MADE THE DECISION TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF. THE AIRCRAFT THEN DRIFTED BACK TO THE LEFT AND EXITED THE LEFT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. IT CROSSED A TAXIWAY AND A GRASSY AREA AND CAME TO REST ON THE TAXIWAY WHICH PARALLELS THE ACTIVE RUNWAY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT EVACUATED. IT WAS TOWED BACK TO THE GATE WHERE THE PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.