20071216831319I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-160 · Walworth, WI · December 16, 2007

Date
December 16, 2007 · 14:00 local
Place
Walworth, WI
Airport
Big Foot Airfield
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5766W
Reported as
Piper PA28160
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
116 total116 in this make and model17 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) Pilot took off on runway 36 which was ice covered and with a left crosswind. After starting the takeoff roll the aircraft started drifting to the right. The pilot added left rudder and the aircraft continued to drift to the right. The pilot then aborted the takeoff and the aircraft drifted to the left and contacted a snow bank along the left edge of the runway.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT TOOK OFF ON RUNWAY 36 WHICH WAS ICE COVERED AND WITH A LEFT CROSSWIND. AFTER STARTING THE TAKEOFF ROLL THE AIRCRAFT STARTED DRIFTING TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOT ADDED LEFT RUDDER AND THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO DRIFT TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOT THEN ABORTED THE TAKEOFF AND THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE LEFT AND CONTACTED A SNOW BANK ALONG THE LEFT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY.