- Date
- December 28, 1983, 07:10 local (13:10 UTC)
- Place
- Michigan City, IN
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N54828Piper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831228064899A
- Case key
- 12511
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft ran off the snow covered rwy into soft ground and collapsed the nose gear. The plt said that during acceleration for takeoff he felt the left main landing gear go off the left side of the rwy. He reduced power but by this time the gear was in soft ground and this pulled the acft further off the rwy. The nose gear hit a furrow in a cornfield and collapsed. The plt said 2 or 3 inches of new snow had fallen during the previous night and the rwy was not plowed making it difficult to determine the position of the centerline. The rwy lights are displaced about 15 ft from either side of the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54828
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-7554125
- Airframe hours
- 4,947
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Phillips Michigan City Flying
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 6, 1983 · 88 hours before
- Destination
- ORD · Chicago, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MGC · Michigan City, runway 2, 4,300 × 50 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 23
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,280 total · 421 in this make and model · 2,115 as pilot in command · 216 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 600 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
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