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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 414A · Hettinger, ND · February 11, 2014

Date
February 11, 2014 · 20:40 local
Place
Hettinger, ND
Airport
Hettinger Municipal
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N17NW
Reported as
Cessna 414A
Reported engine
Continental IO-550 series
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
8,500 total1,235 in this make and model18 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.

On arriving at airport for evening departure, aircraft had accumulated snow and ice and was towed into hangar where heat and deicing fluid was applied. After snow and ice was melted/removed, loaded aircraft with 4 pax and taxied to runway 30 during which the PIC checked for any snow accumulation. All falling snow appeared to be melting. During take-off roll, PIC diverted attention to wing surface to recheck for contamination and at about 50KT airspeed during visual inspection of wing aircraft drifted off the runway striking a runway light with the left propeller. The aircraft was stopped and taxied back to the ramp area where it was discovered the left propeller was damaged. The aircraft was put into a storage hanger to determine course of action, where it remains at the time of this report.

As the FAA filed it

ON ARRIVING AT AIRPORT FOR EVENING DEPARTURE, AIRCRAFT HAD ACCUMULATED SNOW AND ICE AND WAS TOWED INTO HANGAR WHERE HEAT AND DEICING FLUID WAS APPLIED. AFTER SNOW AND ICE WAS MELTED/REMOVED, LOADED AIRCRAFT WITH 4 PAX AND TAXIED TO RUNWAY 30 DURING WHICH THE PIC CHECKED FOR ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION. ALL FALLING SNOW APPEARED TO BE MELTING. DURING TAKE-OFF ROLL, PIC DIVERTED ATTENTION TO WING SURFACE TO RECHECK FOR CONTAMINATION AND AT ABOUT 50KT AIRSPEED DURING VISUAL INSPECTION OF WING AIRCRAFT DRIFTED OFF THE RUNWAY STRIKING A RUNWAY LIGHT WITH THE LEFT PROPELLER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS STOPPED AND TAXIED BACK TO THE RAMP AREA WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THE LEFT PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PUT INTO A STORAGE HANGER TO DETERMINE COURSE OF ACTION, WHERE IT REMAINS AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.