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An small transport ran off the end of the runway at night and into a fence. There was windshear and a wet runway with hydroplaning.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 221008 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199209 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : buf |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Recip Eng |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 2200 flight time type : 100 |
| ASRS Report | 221008 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other anomaly other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable other |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation other |
Narrative:
Took off from runway 14 just after an small transport. There were thunderstorms all over the place and the winds were getting gusty. My plane was very heavy that night and I decided to accelerate to a high, safe, airspeed for rotation. After a few seconds in the takeoff roll, when I thought I had reached plenty of airspeed, I wanted to rotate. A quick glimpse at my airspeed indicator and it read 82 KTS! I immediately aborted (instinctively). The runway was very wet and I skidded and hydroplaned all the way to the end of the runway, overshot, and ended up in a fence. How could this happen? Everything seemed to be ok until I aborted. Later, I found out that the small transport in front of me experienced heavy windshear and an small transport had to make a go around because of enormous airspeed fluctuations.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN SMT RAN OFF THE END OF THE RWY AT NIGHT AND INTO A FENCE. THERE WAS WINDSHEAR AND A WET RWY WITH HYDROPLANING.
Narrative: TOOK OFF FROM RWY 14 JUST AFTER AN SMT. THERE WERE TSTMS ALL OVER THE PLACE AND THE WINDS WERE GETTING GUSTY. MY PLANE WAS VERY HVY THAT NIGHT AND I DECIDED TO ACCELERATE TO A HIGH, SAFE, AIRSPD FOR ROTATION. AFTER A FEW SECONDS IN THE TKOF ROLL, WHEN I THOUGHT I HAD REACHED PLENTY OF AIRSPD, I WANTED TO ROTATE. A QUICK GLIMPSE AT MY AIRSPD INDICATOR AND IT READ 82 KTS! I IMMEDIATELY ABORTED (INSTINCTIVELY). THE RWY WAS VERY WET AND I SKIDDED AND HYDROPLANED ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF THE RWY, OVERSHOT, AND ENDED UP IN A FENCE. HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN? EVERYTHING SEEMED TO BE OK UNTIL I ABORTED. LATER, I FOUND OUT THAT THE SMT IN FRONT OF ME EXPERIENCED HVY WINDSHEAR AND AN SMT HAD TO MAKE A GAR BECAUSE OF ENORMOUS AIRSPD FLUCTUATIONS.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.