# Incident 20170111000139I: Cessna 414, Moorhead, MN, January 11, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 2017, 13:20 local time
- Place: Moorhead, MN
- Airport: Moorhead Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.8392° N, 96.6637° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Moorhead Municipal Airport (JKJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8392&lon=-96.6637&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8068Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8068Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414 (registry code 2075908, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170111000139I

## Narrative

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

ON DEPARTURE ROLL PILOT FELT POWER SURGE AND MANIFOLD FLUCTUATIONS BELIEVED TO BE LEFT ENGINE.  DECISION WAS MADE TO ABORT TAKE OFF, RUNWAY HAVING SCATTERED ICE EFFECTED BRAKING, PILOT TRIED TO TURN AIRCRAFT AT END OF RUNWAY TO TAKE TAXI WAY. HOWEVER, END OF RUNWAY WAS COMPLETELY ICE COVERED AND AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE END BY ABOUT 30 FEET INTO SNOW.  DUE TO THE ANGLE OF THE AIRCRAFT NOSE GEAR FOLDED OVER AND SOME DAMAGE WAS DONE TO WHEEL WELL AREA. NO OTHER AIRCRAFT DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N8068Q (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19830422018409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830422018409I), Apr 22, 1983: Cessna 414 (N8068Q), Tulsa, OK. Right engine lost power on takeoff. Aborted and ran off end of runway into a sod area.

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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