# Accident 20190210010089A: Cessna 421B, Woodruff, WI, February 10, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 10, 2019, 12:30 local time
- Place: Woodruff, WI
- Airport: Lakeland/Noble F Lee Memorial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.9281° N, 89.7308° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.9281&lon=-89.7308&mi=10
- Aircraft: N581CJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N581CJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSI0-520-F-K (registry code 17031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsi0-520-f-k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR GTSI0-520-F-K
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 13,881 total, 100 in this make and model, 124 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA143) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190210010089A

## Narrative

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

FEBRUARY 10, 2019 AT APPROXIMETLY 1230PM LOCALTIME A CESSNA 421B REGISTRATION N581CJ WAS DEPARTING ON RUNWAY 36 AT KARV LAKELAND AIRPORT WOODRUFF, WI. WHILE ON TAKE OFF THE AIRCRAFT RH WING AND LANDING GEAR STRUCK THE SNOW PILE THAT WAS REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAYAND LOST CONTROL. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMETLY 30 FEET TO THE RIGHT OF RUNWAY 36. THERE WAS THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS ON BOARD AT THE TIME AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  THE RUNWAY CONDITIONS REPORTED AT THE TIME FOR RUNWAY 36 WAS VIS 1 1/4 900 OVERCAST 100% ICE COVER 1/2 INCH OF SNOW WIND 4 KTS@100.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA19CA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA143), Feb 10, 2019: Cessna 421 (N581CJ), Woodruff, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain to directional control during takeoff from a snow-covered runway with a right, quartering tailwind, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with a snowbank.

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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