# Accident 19980724025039A: Cessna 500CESSNA, Rawlings, WY, July 24, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1998, 22:15 local time
- Place: Rawlings, WY
- Airport: Rawlings Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: KW9F
- Location: 41.7851° N, 107.2247° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rawlins, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7851&lon=-107.2247&mi=10
- Aircraft: CFSKC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 500CESSNA
- Reported engine: PWA JT15D1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,750 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980724025039A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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

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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