# NTSB CHI87DEX05: Cessna 340A, N3961G, Bloomington, IN, January 22, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: January 22, 1987, 14:25 local (19:25 UTC)
- Place: Bloomington, IN
- Coordinates: 39.160789, -86.51905 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1608&lon=-86.5190&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 19, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13609
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI87DEX05
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13609/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87DEX05

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, takeoff
  - weather condition - snow (contributing factor)
  - ice/frost removal from aircraft - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - aborted takeoff - performed, pilot in command
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - wet (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
- Complete gear collapsed, takeoff
  - landing gear - overload

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3961G-1988-09-08), registration cancelled 1988-09-08, S/N 340A0245 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- Registry model: [Cessna 340A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (registry code 2076405) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 340A0245
- Airframe hours: 1645
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870122000899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870122000899A), Jan 22, 1987: Cessna 340A, Bloomington, IN, Substantial damage. The aircraft overran the end of the runway during abort. The pilot failed to clear snow and ice from aircraft.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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