20080123012859I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piagio P180 · Gunnison, CO · January 23, 2008

Date: January 23, 2008 · 18:23 local
Place: Gunnison, CO
Airport: Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional
Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: V2JA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N122PA
Reported as: Piagio P180
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,800 total570 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

N122PARegistration cancelled Apr 24, 2018 · Piaggio P180S/N 1038 · Built 2001 Airframe modelPiaggio P180 Engine modelPratt & Whitney PT6A seriesTurbo-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) On takeoff out of the Gunnison county airport the SIC was flying the aircraft and lost control during the initial take-off run. At around 70 knots the PIC took the flight controls and attempted to abort the take-off. The aircraft had drifted to the left side of the runway during the oscillations right and left of runway centerline. The aircraft hit a patch of ice, rotated about 70 degrees to the left, and slid off the runway hitting a runway edge light. The runway edge light punched a small in the underside of the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON TAKEOFF OUT OF THE GUNNISON COUNTY AIRPORT THE SIC WAS FLYING THE AIRCRAFT AND LOST CONTROL DURING THE INITIAL TAKE-OFF RUN. AT AROUND 70 KNOTS THE PIC TOOK THE FLIGHT CONTROLS AND ATTEMPTED TO ABORT THE TAKE-OFF. THE AIRCRAFT HAD DRIFTED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY DURING THE OSCILLATIONS RIGHT AND LEFT OF RUNWAY CENTERLINE. THE AIRCRAFT HIT A PATCH OF ICE, ROTATED ABOUT 70 DEGREES TO THE LEFT, AND SLID OFF THE RUNWAY HITTING A RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT. THE RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT PUNCHED A SMALL IN THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT.