# NTSB DEN88LA055: Cessna 402, N2614U, Albuquerque, NM, January 18, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 18, 1988, 06:45 local (13:45 UTC)
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Location: 35.0389° N, 106.6083° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBUQUERQUE INTL SUNPORT (ABQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0389&lon=-106.6083&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed, report March 30, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17439
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN88LA055
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17439/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA055

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - slush covered (contributing factor)
  - ice/frost removal from aircraft - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - self-induced pressure, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - icing conditions (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - snow (contributing factor)
- Overrun, takeoff - aborted
  - terrain condition - loose gravel/sandy (contributing factor)
  - aborted takeoff - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
- Gear collapsed, takeoff - aborted

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2614U-1990-02-27), registration cancelled 1990-02-27, S/N 402C0094 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402
- Registry model: [Cessna 402C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402c) (registry code 207590R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 402C0094
- Airframe hours: 10282
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880118000659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880118000659A), Jan 18, 1988: Cessna 402C, Albuquerque, NM, Substantial damage. Unable to get lift on takeoff roll due to snow on aircraft. Aborted. Overran end of runway into soft sand.

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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