- Date
- December 21, 1984, 09:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Coeur D' Alene, ID
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N441CFCessna 441
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841221075879A
- Case key
- 40103
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snow coveredFactor
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snowbankFactor
Analysis
On takeoff run, acft drifted left of center line, left seat pilot made corrective rudder input then right seat pilot made additional corrective input. Acft yawed moderately to left and contacted a snow berm. Acft spun left 180 degrees and slid backward to a stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N441CF
- Reported as
- Cessna 441
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4410060
- Airframe hours
- 1,338
- Engine
- Garrett TPE33184015, 636 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Empire Airways
- Registered owner
- Mercury Aviation Companies
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 12, 1984 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- COE · Coeur D'Alene, ID
- Destination
- BOI · Boise, ID
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- COE · Coeur D'Alene Air Term., runway 19, 5,400 × 75 ft, snow
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,690 total · 330 in this make and model · 1,370 as pilot in command · 212 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 900 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 16 °F, dew point 9 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- COE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.