19960117002969I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 207 · Moab, UT · January 17, 1996

Date
January 17, 1996 · 16:50 local
Place
Moab, UT
Airport
Canyonlands Field Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
DZDA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N91116
Reported as
Cessna 207
Reported engine
Continental IO520F
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,100 total800 in this make and model100 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: pilot planned a flight from Moab, Utah to price, Utah, with a load of cargo. During takeoff roll, the pilot encountered a strong gust of wind which skidded the aircraft off the right side of the runway onto a slanting muddy shoulder. The pilot reduced power as the aircraft weather vaned into the wind, and the nosewheel came into contact with the edge of the runway. This action caused the propeller to strike the pavement and the right wing tip to hit the ground. The aircraft then came to a complete stop in the center of the runway. privacy data omitted This incident requires no further action.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT PLANNED A FLIGHT FROM MOAB, UTAH TO PRICE, UTAH, WITH A LOAD OF CARGO. DURING TAKEOFF ROLL, THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED A STRONG GUST OF WIND WHICH SKIDDED THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY ONTO A SLANTING MUDDY SHOULDER. THE PILOT REDUCED POWER AS THE AIRCRAFT WEATHER VANED INTO THE WIND, AND THE NOSEWHEEL CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. THIS ACTION CAUSED THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE PAVEMENT AND THE RIGHT WING TIP TO HIT THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT THEN CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS INCIDENT REQUIRES NO FURTHER ACTION.