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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper AEROSTAR 600 · Steubenville, OH · May 9, 2012

Date
May 9, 2012 · 08:00 local
Place
Steubenville, OH
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
CSJA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N79MG
Reported as
Piper Aerostar 600
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-540 series
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
11,500 total1,200 in this make and model40 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.

During take off power application, aircraft developed a severe shake / shimmy. Pilot retarded throttle and turned to exit runway. During transition from runway to taxiway, the NLG assy collapsed causing the left and right propellers to make ground contact.

As the FAA filed it

DURING TAKE OFF POWER APPLICATION, AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED A SEVERE SHAKE / SHIMMY. PILOT RETARDED THROTTLE AND TURNED TO EXIT RUNWAY. DURING TRANSITION FROM RUNWAY TO TAXIWAY, THE NLG ASSY COLLAPSED CAUSING THE LEFT AND RIGHT PROPELLERS TO MAKE GROUND CONTACT.