- Date
- January 6, 1986, 17:20 local (Jan 7, 1986, 00:20 UTC)
- Place
- Sidney, NE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N30535Cessna 177A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860106000209A
- Case key
- 34126
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
N30535 was making a night takeoff on a rwy covered by 3' deep snow. There were also drifts along the lt side of the rwy which were 8 to 10 inches deep. During the takeoff roll moisture blew onto the windshield and the acft drifted to the lt. the acft then encountered the deeper drifts along the side of the rwy, swerved to the lt, hit a snowbank along the lt side of the rwy and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30535
- Reported as
- Cessna 177A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17701308
- Airframe hours
- 2,110
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1F, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jan R. Perrin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 5, 1985 · 108 hours before
- Destination
- BFF · Scottsbluff, NE
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- SNY · Sidney Muni, runway 30, 6,600 × 100 ft, concrete
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,361 total · 836 in this make and model · 1,305 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 60° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 18 °F, dew point 12 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SNY
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N30535 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.