- Date
- January 18, 1988, 06:45 local (13:45 UTC)
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2614UCessna 402
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880118000659A
- Case key
- 17439
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The ATP rated plt and a commercial rated passenger were taking a scheduled cargo flight from Albuquerque to las cruces, new Mexico. The runway was covered with snow, ice and water from a snow storm the previous night. It was snowing lightly at the time of the accident. The plt and ground crew cleaned most of the snow off the aircraft prior to taxi. The plt elected to depart VFR rather than wait for his previously filed IFR flight plan. The aircraft accelerated to vr, but would not lift off. Both plts described feeling a shudder 'like a stall'. The PIC aborted the takeoff after using over 75% of the runway. Braking did not stop the aircraft before it left the runway, crossed the overrun and came to rest 100 yards into a brush covered field. The landing gear was sheared at impact with lower terrain beyond the runway overrun.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2614U
- Reported as
- Cessna 402
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 402C0094
- Airframe hours
- 10,282
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520, 325 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- South Aero Services, doing business as South Aero
- Registered owner
- South Aero Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 28, 1987 · 46 hours before
- Destination
- LRU · Las Cruces, NM
- Flight plan
- VFR/IFR
- Airport
- ABQ · Albuquerque, runway 12, 5,395 × 150 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
- 37
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,890 total · 1,105 in this make and model · 5,650 as pilot in command · 98 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 32 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ABQ, 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.