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) The pilot back taxied runway 18/36 for departure on 36. After getting his release, he began his takeoff roll. About eighty knots, all instruments were normal then the aircraft pulled hard left and he was unable to correct with rudder. The pilot departed the runway at about a 45 degree angle and crossed the grass area between runway and parallel taxiway. Ankeny airport had blowing snow from the northwest and the pilot stated his cockpit windows were fogged due to live cargo, baby chickens.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) THE PILOT BACK TAXIED RUNWAY 18/36 FOR DEPARTURE ON 36. AFTER GETTING HIS RELEASE, HE BEGAN HIS TAKEOFF ROLL. ABOUT EIGHTY KNOTS, ALL INSTRUMENTS WERE NORMAL THEN THE AIRCRAFT PULLED HARD LEFT AND HE WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT WITH RUDDER. THE PILOT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AT ABOUT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE AND CROSSED THE GRASS AREA BETWEEN RUNWAY AND PARALLEL TAXIWAY. ANKENY AIRPORT HAD BLOWING SNOW FROM THE NORTHWEST AND THE PILOT STATED HIS COCKPIT WINDOWS WERE FOGGED DUE TO LIVE CARGO, BABY CHICKENS.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.