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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31T · Eureka, CA · November 8, 2005

Date: November 8, 2005 · 06:10 local
Place: Eureka, CA
Airport: Murray Field Airport
Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: JXKA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N47CA
Reported as: Piper PA31T
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A60A
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,300 total350 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N47CARegistration cancelled Feb 9, 2019 · Piper PA-31TS/N 31T-7920043 · Built 1979 Airframe modelPiper PA-31T Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60ATurbo-prop

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) As the aircraft accelerated for takeoff, it veered to the right. Pilot attempted to keep it on the runway with rudder and differential thrust but was unsuccessful and the aircraft ran off the runway and into a wet, soft strip between the runway and the taxiway. Pilot attempted to add power in an attempt to move the aircraft through the soft area and onto the taxiway but the nose gear sank into the mud and the right propeller contacted the ground.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AS THE AIRCRAFT ACCELERATED FOR TAKEOFF, IT VEERED TO THE RIGHT. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO KEEP IT ON THE RUNWAY WITH RUDDER AND DIFFERENTIAL THRUST BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AND THE AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE RUNWAY AND INTO A WET, SOFT STRIP BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND THE TAXIWAY. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO ADD POWER IN AN ATTEMPT TO MOVE THE AIRCRAFT THROUGH THE SOFT AREA AND ONTO THE TAXIWAY BUT THE NOSE GEAR SANK INTO THE MUD AND THE RIGHT PROPELLER CONTACTED THE GROUND.