# Incident 20000521016159I: Cessna 402C, Nantucket, MA, May 21, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 2000, 13:30 local time
- Place: Nantucket, MA
- Airport: Nantucket Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: GULC
- Location: 41.2533° N, 70.0605° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NANTUCKET MEML (ACK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2533&lon=-70.0605&mi=10
- Aircraft: N401BK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,750 total, 110 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000521016159I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT STATEMENT: I WAS CLEARED TO TAXI INTO POSITION AND HOLD ON RUNWAY 15 AT MANTUCKET MEMORIAL AIRPORT, MASS. WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS WIND APPRO 120 TO 100 @ 12KTS., VIS 7 SM & 1000 OVC CEILING.  I WAS THEN CLEARED FOR TAKE OFF AND ADVANCED THE THROTTLES TO 30" MP AND ACCLERATED.  I SCANNED TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL TO CHECK OIL PRESSURE AND FUEL FLOW.  MY SCAN RETURNED TO THE RUNWAY ENVIROMENT THE AIRCRAFT HAD WEATHERVINED APPROX 30 ANGLE LEFT OF CENTERLINE.  AT THAT POINT I IMMEDIATLEY APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER TO CORRECT AND CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT BUT THE AIRCRAFT WAS TO CLOSE TO THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY AND I DECIDED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY ONTO THE GRASS STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT AND BROKE THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR DOOR OFF AT THE HINGE.  I MAINTAINED CONTROL AND RENTER THE RUNWAY AND TAXIED BACK TO THE GATE.  I FEEL I EXPERIENCED A WIND GUST FROM THE LEFT DURING MY SCAN WHICH WEATHERVAINED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CENTERLINE.  ALSO A TUBROBOOST ON THE RIGHT ENGINE MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION.

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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