SAM TWIN SUFFERS ACFT DAMAGE DURING ABORTED TKOF AFTER BEING AIRBORNE AND PIC EXECUTING LNDG PROC OVERSHOT ROLLOUT. RWY EXCURSION.

Date: 1993-09 · Aircraft: Small Aircraft; Low Wing; 2 Eng; Retractable Gear

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-critical|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|inflight-event-encounter-cftt-cfit|inflight-event-encounter-loss-of-aircraft-control

Synopsis

SAM TWIN SUFFERS ACFT DAMAGE DURING ABORTED TKOF AFTER BEING AIRBORNE AND PIC EXECUTING LNDG PROC OVERSHOT ROLLOUT. RWY EXCURSION.

Narrative

WHILE TAKING OFF AT SLC ARPT WITH STUDENT IN L SEAT; WE WENT THROUGH THE PROPER CHKLISTS AND ALL INST RUNUP CHKS WERE SATISFACTORY. WE WERE CLRED FOR TKOF. REACHED VMC PLUS 5 (85); ROTATED; CLBED TO 150 FT (AGL) WHEN THE R ENG BEGAN TO LOSE PWR THEN KICK BACK IN AGAIN. I DOUBLE- CHKED THE FUEL PUMPS WHICH WERE ON; THEN THOUGHT MY STUDENT WAS DOING SOMETHING. NEXT I WENT THROUGH A DENIAL PHASE; TELLING MYSELF THIS CANNOT BE HAPPENING; LOOKED OVER AT THE AIRSPD INDICATOR THAT WAS DROPPING BELOW VMC. CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS TO LOWER THE NOSE TO REGAIN AIRSPD; KEEP DIRECTIONAL CTL AND PROCEED WITH MIXTURE PREPARATION; THROTTLE; GEAR AND FLAPS IDENT; VERIFY. HOWEVER; MY MAIN CONCERN WAS LNDG THE AIRPLANE SAFELY; WHICH I DID. I THEN TOLD MY STUDENT TO GET ON THE BRAKES. HE WAS IN A DAZE AND IT TOOK SEVERAL TIMES OF REPEATING THIS BEFORE ANY BRAKES WERE APPLIED. WE HIT A COW DURING THE ROLLOUT THROUGH THE N FIELD; SLC ARPT PROPERTY AREA; HIT THE ARPT BOUNDARY FENCE; AND NOSED OVER INTO A DITCH. I OPTED NOT TO PUT GEAR UP BECAUSE I WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE SHAPE (CONDITIONS OF THE FIELD AHEAD). WE MAY HAVE CAME TO A STOP BEFORE THE FENCE IF BRAKES WERE APPLIED SOONER. THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN QUICKER JUDGEMENT; HOWEVER. AT NIGHT AS GIVEN THE SIT; I ACTED THE BEST AS I COULD. I RECEIVED 11 STITCHES TO MY HEAD; MY STUDENT WALKED AWAY WITH NO INJURY. THE FLT WAS A FERRY FLT TO PROVO; UT.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.