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Date
February 10, 1995 · 16:00 local
Place
Pittsfield, ME
Airport
Pittsfield Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N927AC
Reported as
Bbavia 7AC
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
97 total5 in this make and model5 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: acft was departing runway 01, Pittsfield. Just as the tail started to come up the acft slid on a patch of ice and snow. Power was pulled off, the rt. MLG contacted 4-6 inches of snow pulling the aircraft into hard packed snow and ice damaging the MLG. The gear was removed to transport the aircraft to the hangar. (No injuries, minor damage to acft.)
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: ACFT WAS DEPARTING RUNWAY 01, PITTSFIELD. JUST AS THE TAIL STARTED TO COME UP THE ACFT SLID ON A PATCH OF ICE AND SNOW. POWER WAS PULLED OFF, THE RT. MLG CONTACTED 4-6 INCHES OF SNOW PULLING THE AIRCRAFT INTO HARD PACKED SNOW AND ICE DAMAGING THE MLG. THE GEAR WAS REMOVED TO TRANSPORT THE AIRCRAFT TO THE HANGAR. (NO INJURIES, MINOR DAMAGE TO ACFT.)