19960126001139A

NARRATIVE: COMPUTER RECORDS SHOW VIOLATION AND RE-EXAM ACTIONS ON THE PILOT RELATED TO A PREVIOUS INCIDENT (GL219602108, GL219602012 AND GL219602292) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE PILOT REPORTED, DURING TAKE OFF ON RUNWAY 17, DIRECTIONAL CONTROL LOST ABOUT 1/3 OF THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY DUE TO ICE. AS CONTROL LOST, HE CUT ENGINE POWER, RIGHT WING SUBSEQUENTLY HIT SNOW BANK, FOLLOWED WITH AIRCRAFT SWINGING AROUND AND NOSE HITTING SNOW BANK. ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING BY THE TIME THE NOSE HIT SNOW BANK. CONDITION OF THE RUNWAY AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS NOT OBSERVED BY THE INVESTIGATING INSPECTOR. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON JANUARY 26, 1996 AND WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL AROUND 0915, JANUARY 30, 1996. THE AIRPORT MANAGER, JEFF SPRINGER, STATED IT SNOWED ABOUT 4" AT THE AIRPORT ON SUNDAY (JANUARY 28). UPON ARRIVAL OF THE INSPECTOR AT THE SCENE (JANUARY 30, 1500), SPOTS OF PACKED SNOW COVERED THE RUNWAY. THE SNOW WAS PLOWED INTO HIGH BANKS ABOUT 25 FEET BEYOND THE ASPHALT ON BOTH SIDES. THE PLOWING ERASED ANY WITNESS MARKS THERE MAY HAVE BEEN OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT STATED HE DID NOT MAKE A REPORT IMMEDIATELY, AS HE DID NOT T HINK THE DAMAGE WOULD PLACE THIS IN THE ACCIDENT CATEGORY. THE PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES TO HIMSELF OR THE TWO PASSENGERS (JIM LUNDORFF AND TIM WILLI BOTH AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IN TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS, THE PASSENGERS CONFIRMED THEY WERE NOT INJURED.