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FAA incident report · Raytheon B300 · Columbus, IN · March 15, 2021

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Date
March 15, 2021 · 18:00 local
Place
Columbus, IN
Airport
Columbus Municipal
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N364CA
Reported as
Raytheon B300
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
3,800 total
N364CARegistered now · Raytheon B300S/N FL-346 · Built 2002Airframe modelRaytheon B300Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60ATurbo-prop

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On March 15, 2021, approximately 1830 eastern standard time privacy data omitted a privacy data omitted B350 was cleared for takeoff from runway 05 at kbak (Columbus Municipal Airport). As the pilot released his brakes starting his takeoff roll he felt a slight shimmy, nothing the pilot considered abnormal. The shimmy subsided as the aircraft continued to pick up speed. The airspeed continued to accelerate at a normal rate to 94 KIAS (knots indicated airspeed) then seemed slightly slower to reach 95KIAS, at that point the pilot felt a violent shaking in the nose of the aircraft. The pilot immediately brought the aircraft power levers to idle, then into ground fine, aborting the takeoff. The shaking continued as brakes were applied to slow the aircraft and maintain directional control. The aircraft came to a stop 10-15? Right of the centerline of runway 05 approximately 5000? Down the runway. Once the plane was stopped the pilot continued to feel a bumping on the left side of the aircraft. The pilot observed the left propeller spinning abnormally and immediately shut the left engine down. The tower was notified that they had aborted takeoff and were unable to clear the runway. Once the right engine was shut down the pilot asked a crew member to step out and inspect the aircraft. It was observed that the left propeller had a blade broken off at the blade root and a second blade was cracked about midway down the blade. There was adequate clearance for the propeller on both sides of the aircraft to the ground. There was evidence of damage from the tire debris at the nose landing gear, the sheet metal on the left side of the aircraft nose and the left propeller.

As the FAA filed it

ON MARCH 15, 2021, APPROXIMATELY 1830 EASTERN STANDARD TIME ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ B350 WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 05 AT KBAK (COLUMBUS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT). AS THE PILOT RELEASED HIS BRAKES STARTING HIS TAKEOFF ROLL HE FELT A SLIGHT SHIMMY, NOTHING THE PILOT CONSIDERED ABNORMAL. THE SHIMMY SUBSIDED AS THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO PICK UP SPEED. THE AIRSPEED CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AT A NORMAL RATE TO 94 KIAS (KNOTS INDICATED AIRSPEED) THEN SEEMED SLIGHTLY SLOWER TO REACH 95KIAS, AT THAT POINT THE PILOT FELT A VIOLENT SHAKING IN THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT THE AIRCRAFT POWER LEVERS TO IDLE, THEN INTO GROUND FINE, ABORTING THE TAKEOFF. THE SHAKING CONTINUED AS BRAKES WERE APPLIED TO SLOW THE AIRCRAFT AND MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP 10-15? RIGHT OF THE CENTERLINE OF RUNWAY 05 APPROXIMATELY 5000? DOWN THE RUNWAY. ONCE THE PLANE WAS STOPPED THE PILOT CONTINUED TO FEEL A BUMPING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT OBSERVED THE LEFT PROPELLER SPINNING ABNORMALLY AND IMMEDIATELY SHUT THE LEFT ENGINE DOWN. THE TOWER WAS NOTIFIED THAT THEY HAD ABORTED TAKEOFF AND WERE UNABLE TO CLEAR THE RUNWAY. ONCE THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN THE PILOT ASKED A CREW MEMBER TO STEP OUT AND INSPECT THE AIRCRAFT. IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THE LEFT PROPELLER HAD A BLADE BROKEN OFF AT THE BLADE ROOT AND A SECOND BLADE WAS CRACKED ABOUT MIDWAY DOWN THE BLADE. THERE WAS ADEQUATE CLEARANCE FOR THE PROPELLER ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AIRCRAFT TO THE GROUND. THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE FROM THE TIRE DEBRIS AT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR, THE SHEET METAL ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT NOSE AND THE LEFT PROPELLER.