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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 525 · Auburn, ME · January 14, 2020

Date: January 14, 2020 · 16:50 local
Place: Auburn, ME
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N135RU
Reported as: Cessna 525
Reported engine: Williams FJ44-1AP
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 16,279 total1,193 in this make and model97 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.

Within 2000 feet of touchdown, Cessna 525 aircraft, N135RU slid off runway 22 to the left ending in the packed snow 90 degrees from the runway, nose facing runway. At some point in the slide, side impact to the nose gear caused the yoke with wheel assembly to break off of the strut. The yoke/wheel assembly was recovered approximately 100 feet prior to the aircraft resting place. Aircraft was moved, at the direction of the airport manager, without adequate photographs of the scene and without FAA FSDO approval.

As the FAA filed it

WITHIN 2000 FEET OF TOUCHDOWN, CESSNA 525 AIRCRAFT, N135RU SLID OFF RUNWAY 22 TO THE LEFT ENDING IN THE PACKED SNOW 90 DEGREES FROM THE RUNWAY, NOSE FACING RUNWAY. AT SOME POINT IN THE SLIDE, SIDE IMPACT TO THE NOSE GEAR CAUSED THE YOKE WITH WHEEL ASSEMBLY TO BREAK OFF OF THE STRUT. THE YOKE/WHEEL ASSEMBLY WAS RECOVERED APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET PRIOR TO THE AIRCRAFT RESTING PLACE. AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED, AT THE DIRECTION OF THE AIRPORT MANAGER, WITHOUT ADEQUATE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SCENE AND WITHOUT FAA FSDO APPROVAL.