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Incident

FAA incident report · Pilats PC-12/45 · Olathe, KS · August 19, 2002

Date
August 19, 2002 · 07:20 local
Place
Olathe, KS
Airport
Johnson County Executive Airport
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N78PG
Reported as
Pilats PC1245
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,500 total1,100 in this make and model70 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) On August 19, 2002, Mr. Stephen carter operated Pilatus PC-12-45, N78PG, as pilot in command at the Johnson County Executive Airport (ojc), Olathe, Kansas. While on the takeoff roll on runway 18, a flock of birds crossed the runway in front of the aircraft. Mr. Carter aborted the takeoff just prior to reaching rotational speed, but was unable to stop the aircraft on the remaining available runway and continued off the end of runway 18. There was no damage to the aircraft and no damage to property. Our investigation concluded that a wet runway and a downhill slope contributed to the aircraft departing the runway. A post-incident inspection of the aircraft brake system indicated an excessive amount of air in the brake lines according to the pilot. Incident report privacy data omitted is closed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON AUGUST 19, 2002, MR. STEPHEN CARTER OPERATED PILATUS PC-12-45, N78PG, AS PILOT IN COMMAND AT THE JOHNSON COUNTY EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (OJC), OLATHE, KANSAS. WHILE ON THE TAKEOFF ROLL ON RUNWAY 18, A FLOCK OF BIRDS CROSSED THE RUNWAY IN FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT. MR. CARTER ABORTED THE TAKEOFF JUST PRIOR TO REACHING ROTATIONAL SPEED, BUT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT ON THE REMAINING AVAILABLE RUNWAY AND CONTINUED OFF THE END OF RUNWAY 18. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. OUR INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED THAT A WET RUNWAY AND A DOWNHILL SLOPE CONTRIBUTED TO THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTING THE RUNWAY. A POST-INCIDENT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT BRAKE SYSTEM INDICATED AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF AIR IN THE BRAKE LINES ACCORDING TO THE PILOT. INCIDENT REPORT ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^ IS CLOSED.