# Incident 20010121005169I: Piper PA46310P, Manistee, MI, January 21, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 2001, 15:30 local time
- Place: Manistee, MI
- Airport: Manistee Co - Blacker
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2725° N, 86.2469° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MANISTEE COUNTY/BLACKER (MBL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2725&lon=-86.2469&mi=10
- Aircraft: N313JM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46310P
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010121005169I

## Narrative

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

(-23) RUNWAY AND AIRPORT SURFACES WERE COVERED WITH A THIN LAYER OF SNOW, REDUCING CONTRAST AND MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR PILOT TO IDENTIFY RUNWAY CENTER AND BOUNDARIES. DEPARTURE WAS ON RWY 27, WIND WAS REPORTED 15 MINUTES BEFORE DEPARTURE AS 350 DEGREES AT 7 KTS. PILOT DID NOT ACTIVATE PILOT CONTROLLED RUNWAY LIGHTS. INSPECTOR WHO CONDUCTED ON SCENE INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THE PILOT WAS NOT LINED UP WITH RUNWAY CENTER LINE WHEN HE BEGAN TAKEOFF RUN. A/C DRIFTED OFF LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY, TAKEOFF WAS  ABORTED, MINOR A/C DAMAGE OCCURRED.

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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