# Incident 20250306003569I: Beech C-99, O'Neill, NE, March 6, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 2025, 20:00 local time
- Place: O'Neill, NE
- Airport: O'Neill Municipal Airport - Jo
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: JIKA
- Location: 42.4694° N, 98.6878° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at THE O'NEILL MUNI-JOHN L BAKER FLD (ONL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4694&lon=-98.6878&mi=10
- Aircraft: N388AV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N388AV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C-99 (registry code 1154006, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c-99) (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: BEECH C-99
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,878 total, 246 in this make and model, 121 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250306003569I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT OF A BEECHCRAFT C99 ATTEMPTED TO TAKEOFF FROM O'NEILL, NEBRASKA (KONL) FOR A PART 135 CARGO FLIGHT TO NORFOLK, NEBRASKA (KOFK) ON MARCH 6, 2025, AT APPROXIMATELY 8:00 PM CST. THERE WAS LIGHT SNOW AT THE TIME WITH A 9 KNOT WIND FROM 060 DEGREES AND WET SNOW WAS PRESENT ON THE RUNWAY.

DURING TAKEOFF ROLL FROM RUNWAY 31, AT APPROXIMATELY 50 KNOTS OF SPEED, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN DRIFTING LEFT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT BY REDUCING ENGINE POWER AND APPLICATION OF OPOSITE RUDDER. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO DRIFT LEFT, THEN THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL CONTACTED PILED UP SNOW AT THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED THE GRASS BETWEEN RUNWAY 31 AND TAXIWAY ALPHA. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP IN THE GRASS APPROXIMATELY 1000 TO 2000 FEET FROM THE POINT OF DEPARTURE. THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY PERSON ON BOARD AND WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO ONE PROPELLER BLADE ON THE LEFT ENGINE DUE TO STRIKING A RUNWAY LIGHT.

## Other reports on N388AV (1)

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

- [Incident 20120309005139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120309005139I), Mar 9, 2012: Beech C-99 (N388AV), Chiriaco Summit, CA, No damage. Ameriflight 1954, BE-99, ont-blh, reported engine failure and diverted to Chiriaco Summit. Landed without further incident.

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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