# Incident 20080123012859I: Piagio P180, Gunnison, CO, January 23, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 2008, 18:23 local time
- Place: Gunnison, CO
- Airport: Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: V2JA
- Location: 38.5343° N, 106.9317° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GUNNISON-CRESTED BUTTE RGNL (GUC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5343&lon=-106.9317&mi=10
- Aircraft: N122PA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N122PA-2018-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piaggio P180 (registry code 6960204, https://openairdocs.org/model/piaggio-p180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIAGIO P180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total, 570 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080123012859I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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