# Accident 20050109002479A: Cessna 414A, Harbor Springs, MI, January 9, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 2005, 18:44 local time
- Place: Harbor Springs, MI
- Airport: Harbor Springs Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.4256° N, 84.9133° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4256&lon=-84.9133&mi=10
- Aircraft: N194JA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414A
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05CA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050109002479A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APPROACH INTO HARBOR SPRINGS, MI (KMGN) PILOT NOTICED SLIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION AND ACTIVATED DE-ICE BOOTS. AFTER LANDING AT APPROXIMATELY 1745, HE CHECKED THE OIL IN EACH ENGINE AND LOOKED AT WINGS. HE SAW NO ICE ON THE WINGS. WAITED FOR PASSENGERS FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES. PILOT DID NOT OBSERVE ANY FREEZING PRECIPITATION. AFTER LOADING PASSENGERS, CONDUCTED NORMAL RUNUP. PREPARED FOR SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF. AT ROTATION SPEED, PILOT TRIED TO ROTATE WITHOUT SUCCESS. PILOT ABORTED TAKEOFF AND SHUT DOWN THE ENGINES WITH THE MIXTURES AND THROTTLES. APPROXIMATELY 75 FEET FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT SLID ON SOME SNOW AND IMPACTED A FENCE OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATED THERE HAD BEEN RECENT MAINTENANCE ON THE DE-ICE BOOTS. EMMET COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO THE ACCIDENT SITE. PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN BY THE RESPONDING OFFICERS THAT SHOW ICE ACCUMULATION ON THE LEADING EDGES OF THE WINGS AND VERTICAL STABILIZER. INSPECTORS WERE AT THE SCENE JANUARY 10, 2005 AND TOOK PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING ICE ACCUMULATION ON THE LEADING EDGES OF THE WINGS AND THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI05CA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA051), Jan 9, 2005: Cessna 414A (N194JA), Harbor Springs, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning/preparation by his failure to remove the accumulated airframe ice which resulted in deteriorated aircraft takeoff performance. Airframe ice, the snow bank…

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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