# Accident 20130805014709A: Cessna 182T, Mackinac Island, MI, August 5, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2013, 18:00 local time
- Place: Mackinac Island, MI
- Airport: Mackinac Island
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8508° N, 84.6356° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8508&lon=-84.6356&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3559E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3559E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182T (registry code 2072703, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182T
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 223 total, 9 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13CA469](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA469) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130805014709A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED IT HAD BEEN RAINING AND RUNWAY WAS WET. PILOT STATED HE BEGAN TAKEOFF ROLL ON RWY 26. WHEN HE SCANNED ENGINE AND FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS, HE NOTED AIRSPEED WAS NOT COMING ALIVE. HE STATED THE AIRSPEED CAME UP SLOWLY, BUT STAYED LESS THAN 40 KNOTS. HE ESTIMATED HE WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 60 MPH. HE DECIDED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. HE STATED THE BRAKES DID NOT SEEM EFFECTIVE ON THE WET RUNWAY. HE DEPARTED THE RUNWAY ON THE CENTERLINE, DOWN A HILL, AND STOPPED AGAINST A WOODEN FENCE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN13CA469](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA469), Aug 5, 2013: Cessna 182T (N3559E), Mackinac Island, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's delayed response to abort the takeoff, which resulted in an excursion and collision with a fence. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to check the pitot tube for debris…

## Other reports on N3559E (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20010722021449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010722021449A), Jul 22, 2001: N3559E, Fowlerville, MI, No damage. (-23) Aircraft landed 380' from the end of runway 18 at 65G. Aircraft bounced in a bean field and ended up in a pond upside down several hundred feet off the…

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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