- Date
- January 19, 1992, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Gaylord, MI
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6814RCessna 414
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920119000779A
- Case key
- 15383
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Probable cause
Directional control was not maintained by the pilot. Factors related to the accident were: airport snow removal had not been performed by the airport personnel, a dark night with falling snow and the snowbank on the runway.
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
The airplane collided with a snow drift on the runway during takeoff. The takeoff was at night during a light snow fall. After colliding with the snow drift, the airplane veered off the left side of the runway and contacted rough terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6814R
- Reported as
- Cessna 414
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 414A0638
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-NB, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Black Swan Rent/Lease
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Destination
- OSU · Columbus, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- GLR · Otsego Co., runway 27, 5,000 × 100 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
- 62
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 13,397 total · 568 in this make and model · 13,250 as pilot in command · 114 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 160° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 600 ft unknown
- Observed at
- GLR, 1 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.