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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Embraer EMB-120 · Cedar City, UT · August 17, 2012

Date: August 17, 2012 · 14:36 local
Place: Cedar City, UT
Airport: Cedar City Regional
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: GN0A
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N653CT
Reported as: Embraer EMB-120
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW118
People aboard: 29
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,708 total51 in this make and model140 in the last 90 days

N653CTRegistered now · Embraer EMB-120S/N 120.243 · Built 1991 Airframe modelEmbraer EMB-120 Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PW118Turbo-prop

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft made a left turn approximately at 80 knots on take-off roll. Flight crew responded by inputting full right rudder and positioning power levers in reverse. Tire markings on runway start at 1000 feet and exit the runway at 1800 feet at approximately a 45 degree angle. The aircraft traveled approximately 270 feet in the dirt and then headed back to the runway at approximately 45 degree angle. The aircraft traveled another 256 feet until the nose wheel came to rest 14 feet from the edge of the runway at runway distance 2250 feet at a 45 degree angle.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT MADE A LEFT TURN APPROXIMATELY AT 80 KNOTS ON TAKE-OFF ROLL. FLIGHT CREW RESPONDED BY INPUTTING FULL RIGHT RUDDER AND POSITIONING POWER LEVERS IN REVERSE. TIRE MARKINGS ON RUNWAY START AT 1000 FEET AND EXIT THE RUNWAY AT 1800 FEET AT APPROXIMATELY A 45 DEGREE ANGLE. THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 270 FEET IN THE DIRT AND THEN HEADED BACK TO THE RUNWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 45 DEGREE ANGLE. THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED ANOTHER 256 FEET UNTIL THE NOSE WHEEL CAME TO REST 14 FEET FROM THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY AT RUNWAY DISTANCE 2250 FEET AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE.