What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot in command of N2397E was in the take off roll departing runway 14 at Frenchville Aroostook rgnl airport (fve) located in Frenchville, Maine, after an overnight snow storm runway 14/32 was mostly wet with some patches of dry pavement, slush was present to the left and right of the center line as well as packed wet snow, while in the take off roll the aircraft departed the left side of runway 14 going into snow that had been placed by recent snowplowing from an overnight snow storm, the nose wheel of the aircraft than struck a snow bank that was hardpacked from the remnants of prior snow removal from past winter storms, the collision of the nose wheel with the hard packed snow bank caused the nose wheel to fold back to the point of coming to rest against the bottom of the aircraft fueselage.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT IN COMMAND OF N2397E WAS IN THE TAKE OFF ROLL DEPARTING RUNWAY 14 AT FRENCHVILLE AROOSTOOK RGNL AIRPORT (FVE) LOCATED IN FRENCHVILLE, MAINE, AFTER AN OVERNIGHT SNOW STORM RUNWAY 14/32 WAS MOSTLY WET WITH SOME PATCHES OF DRY PAVEMENT, SLUSH WAS PRESENT TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT OF THE CENTER LINE AS WELL AS PACKED WET SNOW, WHILE IN THE TAKE OFF ROLL THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 14 GOING INTO SNOW THAT HAD BEEN PLACED BY RECENT SNOWPLOWING FROM AN OVERNIGHT SNOW STORM, THE NOSE WHEEL OF THE AIRCRAFT THAN STRUCK A SNOW BANK THAT WAS HARDPACKED FROM THE REMNANTS OF PRIOR SNOW REMOVAL FROM PAST WINTER STORMS, THE COLLISION OF THE NOSE WHEEL WITH THE HARD PACKED SNOW BANK CAUSED THE NOSE WHEEL TO FOLD BACK TO THE POINT OF COMING TO REST AGAINST THE BOTTOM OF THE AIRCRAFT FUESELAGE.
NTSB investigation
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