Accident Cessna 208B N276PM,
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Date:Wednesday 29 September 2004
Time:05:20 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic C208 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Cessna 208B
Owner/operator:Planemasters, Ltd.
Registration: N276PM
MSN: 208B0074
Year of manufacture:1988
Total airframe hrs:9507 hours
Engine model:Pratt & Whitney PT6A-114A
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:Decatur, Illinois -   United States of America
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:Decatur Airport, IL (DEC/KDEC)
Destination airport:Quincy Municipal Airport, IL (UIN/KUIN)
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
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.

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.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: CHI04LA298
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 2 years and 9 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB CHI04LA298

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
19 January 2000 N9457B Planemasters Ltd 0 WARSAW, Indiana sub

Revision history:

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