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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Commonwealth 185 · Columbus, GA · April 23, 2023

Date
April 23, 2023 · 15:15 local
Place
Columbus, GA
Airport
Columbus Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N93253
Reported as
Commonwealth 185
Reported engine
Continental C85 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,319 total31 in this make and model19 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.

On take off the pilot states the aircraft began to drift left and went he cut power the aircraft departed the left side of the runway striking a sign with the right landing gear. He states it was very little or no crosswind component.

As the FAA filed it

ON TAKE OFF THE PILOT STATES THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DRIFT LEFT AND WENT HE CUT POWER THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY STRIKING A SIGN WITH THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR. HE STATES IT WAS VERY LITTLE OR NO CROSSWIND COMPONENT.

Other reports on N93253 · 1

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