20150122000789I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 208B · Arctic Village, AK · January 22, 2015

Date
January 22, 2015 · 11:25 local
Place
Arctic Village, AK
Airport
Arctic Village
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
FXGA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N575JD
Reported as
Cessna 208B
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
5,655 total683 in this make and model139 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.

Pilot stated that on take off roll left main wheel caught snow berm on east side of runway 20. Aircraft veered off runway into the snow berm stopping parellel to runway 1 to 2 feet outside of berm. Pilot stated that the snow berm 2-3 feet in height was covering the landing lights. Propeller damaged.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED THAT ON TAKE OFF ROLL LEFT MAIN WHEEL CAUGHT SNOW BERM ON EAST SIDE OF RUNWAY 20. AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF RUNWAY INTO THE SNOW BERM STOPPING PARELLEL TO RUNWAY 1 TO 2 FEET OUTSIDE OF BERM. PILOT STATED THAT THE SNOW BERM 2-3 FEET IN HEIGHT WAS COVERING THE LANDING LIGHTS. PROPELLER DAMAGED.