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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gulstm AA-1 · Cookson, OK · July 12, 1997

Date
July 12, 1997 · 15:25 local
Place
Cookson, OK
Airport
Tenkiller Lake Airport
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5678L
Reported as
Gulstm AA1
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
193 total46 in this make and model28 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.

Aircraft lost power on takeoff, ran off the runway, struck a ditch. (-5) pilot stated engine did not seem to make full power and aborted takeoff, then rolled off end of runway across a ditch. Heat index was high, full of fuel and one passenger. Followup found no engine problems.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LOST POWER ON TAKEOFF, RAN OFF THE RUNWAY, STRUCK A DITCH. (-5) PILOT STATED ENGINE DID NOT SEEM TO MAKE FULL POWER AND ABORTED TAKEOFF, THEN ROLLED OFF END OF RUNWAY ACROSS A DITCH. HEAT INDEX WAS HIGH, FULL OF FUEL AND ONE PASSENGER. FOLLOWUP FOUND NO ENGINE PROBLEMS.