# Incident 20140211001029I: Cessna 414A, Hettinger, ND, February 11, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 11, 2014, 20:40 local time
- Place: Hettinger, ND
- Airport: Hettinger Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.0149° N, 102.6560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Hettinger Municipal Airport (HEI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.0149&lon=-102.6560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17NW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N17NW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414A (registry code 2075907, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 8,500 total, 1,235 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140211001029I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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