Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 29 September 2004
Aircraft Type: Cessna 208B
Owner/operator: Planemasters, Ltd.
Registration Number: N276PM
Location: Decatur, Illinois –
ÿ United States of America
Phase of Flight: Unknown
Status: Substantial
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Component Affected: RunwayRunway
Investigating Agency: NTSBNTSB
Category: Accident
An aircraft carrying cargo experienced a collision with runway barricades and a rut during a night takeoff from a closed runway. The pilot attempted to navigate around the barricades, resulting in a collision. The runway was listed as out of service and was subsequently barricaded.An aircraft carrying cargo experienced a collision with runway barricades and a rut during a night takeoff from a closed runway. The pilot attempted to navigate around the barricades, resulting in a collision. The runway was listed as out of service and was subsequently barricaded.
Description
The airplane was being operated as an on-demand commercial cargo flight when it impacted runway barricades and a rut during takeoff from a closed runway. The pilot attempted to perform a night takeoff on a runway which had its lights disabled and was barricaded. When the pilot saw the barricades, he attempted to go around them. The runway was listed as closed in the Notices to Airman, and recorded as such on the airport’s automated surface observing system. Probable Cause: The pilot’s inadequate preflight preparation, and his subsequent selection of a runway for takeoff that was listed as out of service, resulting in a collision with barricades and uneven terrain during takeoff.
Primary Cause
Inadequate preflight preparation and selection of an out-of-service runway for takeoff.Inadequate preflight preparation and selection of an out-of-service runway for takeoff.Share on:
