# Accident 19980113047269A: Cessna 421C, Elkins, WV, January 13, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 1998, 13:40 local time
- Place: Elkins, WV
- Airport: Jennings Randolph Fld Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9241° N, 79.8543° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Elkins, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9241&lon=-79.8543&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1348T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1348T-1998-10-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980113047269A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) MR. HACKETT, A PRIVATE PILOT, WAS RECEIVING MULTIENGINE INSTRUCTION FROM MR. BUKOSKI, WHO WAS THE PIC. MR. HACKETT, WHILE OCCUPYING THE LEFT SEAT, ATTEMPTED A TAKEOFF ON RWY 32 AT ELKINS, WV (EKN) WITH 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND ICE ON THE RWY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FULLY LOADED WITH 2 PILOTS, 5 PASSENGER, A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF BAGGAGE AND THE FUEL TANKS TOPPED OFF. MR. HACKETT ATTEMPTED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF AND COULD NOT STOP THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RWY, WHERE UPON THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE RWY SURFACE AND WENT ACROSS A DITCH AND THROUGH A CYCLONE FENCE. THE AIRCRAFT CAUGHT ON FIRE AFTER COMING TO REST IN AN OPEN FIELD.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N1348T (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19971228039409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971228039409A), Dec 28, 1997: Cessna 421C (N1348T), Elkins, WV, Destroyed. Unable accellerate on 2 inch snow on runway. Aborted. Slide off end rwy. SIC flying not MEL rated. PIC not a CFI. (.4) the pilot/owner and a flight instructor…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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