# Incident 20210315003009I: Raytheon Aircraft Company B300, Columbus, IN, March 15, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 2021, 18:00 local time
- Place: Columbus, IN
- Airport: Columbus Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2619° N, 85.8963° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLUMBUS MUNI (BAK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2619&lon=-85.8963&mi=10
- Aircraft: N364CA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N364CA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon B300 (registry code 7150007, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-b300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY B300
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-60A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210315003009I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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