- Date
- January 21, 1990, 08:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Satanta, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4022XAero Commander 100-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900121000819A
- Case key
- 34928
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Probable cause
Directonal control was not maintained by the pilot in command.
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
While attempting to takeoff from a freshly, snow plowed runway, the private pilot lost directional control, veered off the runway and collided with a snowbank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4022X
- Reported as
- Aero Commander 100-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5122
- Airframe hours
- 1,855
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A2F, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Winkler, Gene
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 18, 1990
- Departed
- 1KS7 · Satanta, KS
- Destination
- Santa Barbara, CA
- Airport
- 1KS7 · Satanta, runway 21, 3,340 × 40 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 450 total · 5 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- GCK, 30 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.