- Date
- February 22, 1982, 22:08 local (Feb 23, 1982, 03:08 UTC)
- Place
- Cleveland, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8035JPiper PA-60
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report February 22, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820222005079A
- Case key
- 70278
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During takeoff roll from a dry runway the pilot reported the aircraft started veering to the left. The pilot attempted to straighten the aircraft with power & brakes to no avail then pushed in throttle in an attempt to fly out. The aircraft departed the runway, went through a snowbank, a snow fence, and slid across a taxiway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8035J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-60
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 600516166
- Airframe hours
- 2,418
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1F5, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Air Continental Incorporated
- Registered owner
- Air Tulsa Incorporated
- Departed
- Cleveland, OH
- Destination
- Indianapolis, IN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- Cleveland-Hopkins Intl., runway 36, 6,411 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,207 total · 45 in this make and model · 3,090 as pilot in command · 299 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 190° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 90 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.