Cessna C 525 N241EP

Summary

On 12 October 2007 at about 00:40 local time, a Cessna C 525 registered N241EP was involved in an incident near Memphis, Tennessee, United States. 5 people were on board and nobody was injured. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

12 October 2007 at 00:40

Classification

Incident

Location

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Nearest airport

Memphis International (KMEM)

Coordinates

35.0422, -89.9767

Aircraft

Cessna C 525

Registration

N241EP

Category

Airplane

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Memphis → Santa Theresa

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

NTSB number

OPS08IA001

Nobody was injured.

The probable cause of this incident was the pilot's inadvertent departure from a taxiway instead of a runway.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On October 11, 2007, at approximately 7:40 pm Central daylight time, N241EP, a Cessna Citation 525, took off on taxiway M at Memphis International Airport, Memphis, Tennessee during night visual meteorological conditions. The tower controller cleared the flight for takeoff on runway 36L when the airplane was on taxiway N. The crew acknowledged the clearance, turned right, and began takeoff roll on taxiway M. The tower controller made two transmissions to advise that the aircraft was departing on a taxiway. The crew of N241EP acknowledged just after lifting off taxiway M. Holding on taxiway M at M6 was Pinnacle Airlines (FLG) flight 5905, a CRJ2. The initial report from the Federal Aviation Administration stated that N241EP over flew FLG5905 by 400 to 500 feet. The FAA classified the incident as a pilot deviation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.