# Incident 20071209832339I: Piper PA31350, Gladwin, MI, December 9, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 2007, 13:15 local time
- Place: Gladwin, MI
- Airport: Gladwin Zettel Memorial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9706° N, 84.4750° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GLADWIN ZETTEL MEML (GDW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9706&lon=-84.4750&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2NS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2NS-2012-05-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,500 total, 9,500 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071209832339I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT BACK TAXIED RUNWAY 27 FOR TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 27.  THE RUNWAY CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS FRESH SNOW ON HARD PACK SNOW AND ICE.  THERE WAS NO BRAKING ACTION REPORTED.  AS THE PILOT MANEUVERED THE AIRCRAFT FOR TAKEOFF, THE PILOT MADE A LEFT-HAND 180 DEGREE TURN AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY, THE PILOT ADVANCED THROTTLE LEVERS AS THE AIRCRAFT REACHED 45 KNOTS, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DRIFT TO THE RIGHT AND GO INTO A 160 DEGREE SPIN TO THE RIGHT, AS THE AIRCRAFT BEGUN THE SPIN TO THE RIGHT, THE PIC RETARDED BOTH THROTTLE LEVERS, THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED IN THE RIGHT HAND SPIN AND DRIFT TO THE RIGHT.  APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET DOWN RUNWAY 27, THE AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT WITH A SNOWBANK, LOCATED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY, WITH THE LEFT MAIN GEAR, LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED, LEFT PROP STRIKE AND LEFT WING SUSTAINED DAMAGE.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET CLEAR OF RUNWAY 27.

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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