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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 180 · Fairbanks, AK · April 2, 2016

Date: April 2, 2016 · 12:20 local
Place: Fairbanks, AK
Airport: Chena Marina
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: 38MA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2347C
Reported as: Cessna 180
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours: 11,000 total250 in this make and model300 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.

The pilot stated that the aircraft was prepared/loaded (pre-flight, baggage, passengers) and the aircraft was aligned on the runway for take-off. He stated as he applied power and the aircraft started to move he thinks that the left ski drug across a dry area causing the ski to stick momentarily which caused the aircraft to veer left off the runway. The pilot shut off the engine and the aircraft continued to slide to the left, off the runway and came into contact with a small building/hangar. The damage to the small building/hangar was minimal. The aircraft sustained minor damage to the engine cowling and propeller spinner.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS PREPARED/LOADED (PRE-FLIGHT, BAGGAGE, PASSENGERS) AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS ALIGNED ON THE RUNWAY FOR TAKE-OFF. HE STATED AS HE APPLIED POWER AND THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO MOVE HE THINKS THAT THE LEFT SKI DRUG ACROSS A DRY AREA CAUSING THE SKI TO STICK MOMENTARILY WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO SLIDE TO THE LEFT, OFF THE RUNWAY AND CAME INTO CONTACT WITH A SMALL BUILDING/HANGAR. THE DAMAGE TO THE SMALL BUILDING/HANGAR WAS MINIMAL. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE COWLING AND PROPELLER SPINNER.