Accident Cessna 177A N30535, Monday 6 January 1986

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Date:	Monday 6 January 1986
Time:	18:20 LT
Type:	Cessna 177A
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N30535
MSN:	17701308
Year of manufacture:	1969
Total airframe hrs:	2110 hours
Engine model:	Lycoming O-360-A1F
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Sidney, NE - United States of America
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Executive
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	Scottsbluff, NE (KBFF)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
N30535 WAS MAKING A NIGHT TAKEOFF ON A RWY COVERED BY 3' DEEP SNOW. THERE WERE ALSO DRIFTS ALONG THE LT SIDE OF THE RWY WHICH WERE 8 TO 10 INCHES DEEP. DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL MOISTURE BLEW ONTO THE WINDSHIELD AND THE ACFT DRIFTED TO THE LT. THE ACFT THEN ENCOUNTERED THE DEEPER DRIFTS ALONG THE SIDE OF THE RWY, SWERVED TO THE LT, HIT A SNOWBANK ALONG THE LT SIDE OF THE RWY AND NOSED OVER.

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