- Date
- January 22, 1987, 14:25 local (19:25 UTC)
- Place
- Bloomington, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3961GCessna 340A
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 19, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870122000899A
- Case key
- 13609
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt rprtd that drg preflt, there was snow on the acft which would move with hand brushing, so he elected not to remove it. Drg departure, as he rotated the acft to lift-off, he noted the acft did not feel right. He intentionally aborted the takeoff, but was unable to stop on the remaining rwy, which was wet. The acft contd onto a grass overrun for about 100 to 150 ft, then went over a drop-off of terrain & the gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3961G
- Reported as
- Cessna 340A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 340A0245
- Airframe hours
- 1,645
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-NB, 325 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Operator
- Real Air, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Real Air
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 17, 1986 · 247 hours before
- Departed
- BMG
- Destination
- IND · Indianapolis, IN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BMG · Monroe County, runway 35, 5,200 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 15,049 total · 404 in this make and model · 15,049 as pilot in command · 54 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BMG, 2 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.