- Date
- December 13, 1984, 10:05 local (17:05 UTC)
- Place
- Cortez, CO
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N980DWGulfstream Aerocommander 695
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841213066279A
- Case key
- 16608
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Analysis
The accident acft was the first to use the rwy since it was scraped by the snow plow earlier in the day. A commercial plt that operates at the arpt said about 2-3 inches of snow had accumulated on the rwy since it was cleared. The plt of the accident acft said he back-taxied on the rwy for takeoff. He believes one of the tires got in a taxi-made rut and the other was in the slush for takeoff. At about 80 KTS IAS during takeoff roll the acft suddenly veered to the right according to the plt. The power was normal so slush drag was assumed to be the cause. The plt said that before corrective action could take effect the acft collided with a snow bank. A commercial acft operator at the arpt said thathe drove along the tracks made by the acft immediately after the accident. He said it appeared to him that the snow tracks departed the center of the rwy for quite a ways before hitting the snowbank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N980DW
- Reported as
- Gulfstream Aerocommander 695 (AEROCOMMAN)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 95074
- Airframe hours
- 1,093
- Engine
- Airesearch TPE33110501X, 575 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Nielson'S Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 14, 1984 · 13 hours before
- Departed
- CEZ · Cortez, CO
- Destination
- SLC · Salt Lake City, UT
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CEZ · Cortez, runway 3, 7,205 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,800 total · 276 in this make and model · 7,700 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CEZ
FAA reports on this event · 1
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