- Date
- December 17, 1983, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Harbor Springs, MI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7557QCessna 421
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831217063059A
- Case key
- 12507
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Aborted takeoff - performedFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertent
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snow coveredFactor
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - icyFactor
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - snowbankFactor
Analysis
The plt stated that an overboost occurred on the right eng during the takeoff roll. He pulled off power on both engs but the acft slid off the rwy into a snowbank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7557Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 421
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 421B0345
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520-H, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- E.F. Soloman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- LAN · Lansing, MI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- D87 · Harbor Springs, runway 28, 3,915 × 60 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 330° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 18 °F, dew point 14 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PLN, 11 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.