Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Cessna 421C Golden Eagle, N33UW: Incident occurred May 15, 2022 at Northern Colorado Regional Airport (KFNL), Fort Collins/Loveland, Colorado

Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Denver, Colorado

Aircraft struck a taxiway light during takeoff. 

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Date: 15-MAY-22
Time: 21:26:00Z
Regis#: N33UW
Aircraft Make: CESSNA
Aircraft Model: 421
Event Type: INCIDENT
Highest Injury: NONE
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: NONE
Activity: PERSONAL
Flight Phase: TAKEOFF (TOF)
Operation: 91
City: FORT COLLINS
State: COLORADO

5 comments:

  1. almost hit an aircraft head on that was taxiing to runway 15

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    1. Landing on taxiway after aborted-in-air takeoff with potential head-on must have been exciting, but at least the likely vmc roll event was overcome.

      ADS-B of it was captured:
      https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a3954d&lat=40.458&lon=-105.016&zoom=16.5&showTrace=2022-05-15&trackLabels&timestamp=1652200296

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    2. 421 didn’t leave the ground, just lost control of the plane

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    3. Yeah the 421 definitely never got airborne below 67 knots looking at the ads-b data. But yes, thankfully no Vmc roll event

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  2. There is more to the story regarding the incident described on the May 15, 2022, Cessna 421C (N33UW) incident report. The loss of control on takeoff resulted in a near-miss after evasive action was taken by a C172M (N1256U) on the ground. I was sitting in the left seat of the 172, and had we not applied full power and taxied out of the way; the C421 would indeed have blended us with its props. It was clear the pilot did not have control of the C421. It also received damage to both propellers. I have footage of the event with the Public Record request it was received from.

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