Cessna 208B N276PM
29 September 2004 · Decatur, Illinois, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 29 September 2004 at about 10:20 local time, a Cessna 208B registered N276PM was involved in an accident near Decatur, Illinois, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 10:20
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Decatur, Illinois, United States
- Nearest airport
- Decatur (DEC)
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Cessna 208B
- Registration
- N276PM
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Decatur → Quincy
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night
- NTSB number
- CHI04LA298
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
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.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 208 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 May 2004 | Cessna 208B | Egegik, Alaska, United States | Peninsula Airways, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 19 Oct 2004 | Cessna 208B | Loiborsoit, Tanzania | - | No injuries | - |
| 3 Feb 2004 | Cessna 208B | Auburn, Alabama, United States | Rushton Air | No injuries | - |
| 21 Apr 2004 | Cessna 208 | Kalaupapa, Hawaii, United States | Pacific Wings | Minor injuries | - |
| 10 Feb 2004 | Cessna 208B | Toksook Bay, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 4 May 2004 | Cessna 208B | Chimanta Tepuy, Venezuela | Gobernacion del Estado Bolivar | Fatal | 7 |
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Mar 2004 | Piper PA-28R-200 | Peru, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 10 Sep 2004 | Cessna 150F | Ancona, Illinois, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 8 May 2004 | Piper PA-28RT-201 | DeKalb, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 31 Jul 2004 | Tjerrild ROTORWAY EXEC | Eureka, Illinois, United States | Bradley Alan Deckert | No injuries | - |
| 12 Jun 2004 | Luscombe 8E | Joliet, Illinois, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 24 Oct 2004 | Cessna P206B | Taylorville, Illinois, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |