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CHI92LA076

1992-01-19 · GAYLORD, Michigan, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport GLR

Current FAA registration · N6814R

Make / Model
CESSNA 414A
Year of manufacture
1981 · 11 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
8 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19810310
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A909E2

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS NOT MAINTAINED BY THE PILOT. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: AIRPORT SNOW REMOVAL HAD NOT BEEN PERFORMED BY THE AIRPORT PERSONNEL, A DARK NIGHT WITH FALLING SNOW AND THE SNOWBANK ON THE RUNWAY.

Factual narrative

THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH A SNOW DRIFT ON THE RUNWAY DURING TAKEOFF. THE TAKEOFF WAS AT NIGHT DURING A LIGHT SNOW FALL. AFTER COLLIDING WITH THE SNOW DRIFT, THE AIRPLANE VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND CONTACTED ROUGH TERRAIN. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1992_CHI92LA076.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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