20140131000389I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 421B · Centennial, CO · January 31, 2014

Date
January 31, 2014 · 05:00 local
Place
Centennial, CO
Airport
Centenial Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
QTVA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N915DW
Reported as
Cessna 421B
Reported engine
Continental GTSIO-520-C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
2,250 total250 in this make and model120 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.

Denver -Centennial airport , CO

Western air express flight WAE23 departed on runway 35R. During departure roll aircraft NLG collapsed. Pilot exited the aircraft with no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

DENVER -CENTENNIAL AIRPORT , CO

WESTERN AIR EXPRESS FLIGHT WAE23 DEPARTED ON RUNWAY 35R. DURING DEPARTURE ROLL AIRCRAFT NLG COLLAPSED. PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES.