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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 500CESSNA · Rawlings, WY · July 24, 1998

Date
July 24, 1998 · 22:15 local
Place
Rawlings, WY
Airport
Rawlings Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
Operator
KW9F
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
CFSKC
Reported as
Cessna 500CESSNA
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT15D1A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,750 total1,000 in this make and model200 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.

(-23) PIC has had minimum training in high density altitude takeoffs/landings. Most of his training had taken place in simulators. (.4) the captain said the airplane felt 'sluggish' during the takeoff roll. At V1/VR, the airplane was rotated for liftoff. It climbed 10 feet, 'shuddered,' and sank. The captain elected to abort the takeoff. He landed the airplane on the runway, applied brakes and deployed the drag chute. The drag chute separated and the airplane went off the runway, down a hill, through a fence, across a road and grassy area, across another road, through a chain link fence, and collided with a power pole. The captain said they had calculated the takeoff performance using inappropriate tables, and failed to consider the wet runway and wind shift. The drag chute riser fractured at a point where it passed through a lightning hole. The lightning hole bore no evidence of a nylon grommet having been installed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PIC HAS HAD MINIMUM TRAINING IN HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE TAKEOFFS/LANDINGS. MOST OF HIS TRAINING HAD TAKEN PLACE IN SIMULATORS. (.4) THE CAPTAIN SAID THE AIRPLANE FELT 'SLUGGISH' DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL. AT V1/VR, THE AIRPLANE WAS ROTATED FOR LIFTOFF. IT CLIMBED 10 FEET, 'SHUDDERED,' AND SANK. THE CAPTAIN ELECTED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF. HE LANDED THE AIRPLANE ON THE RUNWAY, APPLIED BRAKES AND DEPLOYED THE DRAG CHUTE. THE DRAG CHUTE SEPARATED AND THE AIRPLANE WENT OFF THE RUNWAY, DOWN A HILL, THROUGH A FENCE, ACROSS A ROAD AND GRASSY AREA, ACROSS ANOTHER ROAD, THROUGH A CHAIN LINK FENCE, AND COLLIDED WITH A POWER POLE. THE CAPTAIN SAID THEY HAD CALCULATED THE TAKEOFF PERFORMANCE USING INAPPROPRIATE TABLES, AND FAILED TO CONSIDER THE WET RUNWAY AND WIND SHIFT. THE DRAG CHUTE RISER FRACTURED AT A POINT WHERE IT PASSED THROUGH A LIGHTNING HOLE. THE LIGHTNING HOLE BORE NO EVIDENCE OF A NYLON GROMMET HAVING BEEN INSTALLED.