20091210052089I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Columbia Ai LC41-550FG · Harbor Springs, MI · December 10, 2009

Date
December 10, 2009 · 20:10 local
Place
Harbor Springs, MI
Airport
Harbor Springs Municipal
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1423A
Reported as
Columbia Ai LC41-550FG
Reported engine
Continental TSIO-550-C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
690 total125 in this make and model79 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.

Pilot attempted departure from Harbor Springs airport in blizzard weather conditions. The airport manager reported the runway as having patchy ice but clear of snow. Piloted reported braking difficult when he landed at 4:15P.m. that afternoon. During takeoff roll the airplane lost control veered off the runway and impacted a snow bank. Two people on board and no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ATTEMPTED DEPARTURE FROM HARBOR SPRINGS AIRPORT IN BLIZZARD WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE AIRPORT MANAGER REPORTED THE RUNWAY AS HAVING PATCHY ICE BUT CLEAR OF SNOW. PILOTED REPORTED BRAKING DIFFICULT WHEN HE LANDED AT 4:15P.M. THAT AFTERNOON. DURING TAKEOFF ROLL THE AIRPLANE LOST CONTROL VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY AND IMPACTED A SNOW BANK. TWO PEOPLE ON BOARD AND NO INJURIES.