# Accident 20000119041419A: Cessna 208B, Warsaw, IN, January 19, 2000 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: January 19, 2000, 22:45 local time - Place: Warsaw, IN - Airport: Warsaw Municipal Airport - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing - Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135) - Operator: DPUA - Location: 41.2301° N, 85.8494° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2301&lon=-85.8494&mi=10 - Aircraft: N9457B (not matched to a registry record) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B - Reported engine: PWA PT6A114 - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA059) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000119041419A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (.19) ON JANUARY 19, 2000, AT 2307 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 208B, N9457B, OWNED AND OPERATED BY PLANEMASTERS LTD, OF WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING AN ON-GROUND COLLISION WITH TERRAIN FOLLOWING A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AND SUBSEQUENT OVERRUN IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 27 (6,000 FEET BY 150 FEET, SNOW COVERED/ASPHALT) AT THE WARSAW MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, WARSAW, INDIANA. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE CARGO FLIGHT WAS OPERATING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 135 AND WAS ON AN ACTIVE IFR FLIGHT PLAN. THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND HAD THE INTENDED DESTINATION OF CLARK COUNTY AIRPORT, JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT'S WRITTEN STATEMENT, HE TAXIED THE AIRPLANE TO THE APPROACH-END OF RUNWAY 27 AND ANNOUNCED ON THE UNICOM FREQUENCY HIS INTENTIONS OF TAKING-OFF RUNWAY 27. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT SHORTLY AFTET TAKEOFF, "... NOTICED A PLOW TRUCK COMING SOUTH, AND STARTED TO ABORT AND REALIZED I COULDN'T AND TRIED (TO) KEEP FLYING, BUT COULDN'T, AND PUT IT (THE AIRPLANE) DOWN TURNING TO MISS ANY OBJECT S...". THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE PERIMETER FENCE OF THE AIRPORT AND CAME TO REST ON A RAILROAD TRACK EMBANKMENT. THE PILOT DID NOT REPORT ANY ANOMALIES WITH THE AIRPLANE OR ITS ENGINE. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DID NOT HEAR ANY ADVISORIES FROM THE PLOW TRUCK ON THE UNICOM FREQUENCY. ACCORDING TO THE SNOW-PLOW OPERATOR'S WRITTEN STATEMENT, HE WAS REMOVING SNOW FROM THE TAXIWAY FOR RUNWAY 18/36 WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET NORTH OF RUNWAY 09-27 AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE SNOW-PLOW OPERATOR STATED THAT RUNWAY 27 HAD BEEN CLEARED OF SNOW EARILER IN THE EVENING, BUT HAD ACCUMULATED APPROXIMATELY .25-INCHES OF SNOW AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. (-23) AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED T/O ON RWY 27 AT ASW. HE ANNOUNCED HIS TAKEOFF ON VAICOM. SNOW PLOWS WERE CLEARING SNOW ON TAXIWAY TOWARD END OF RUNWAY. PILOT SAW SNOWPLOW, THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE ON RUNWAY AND ABORTED T/O. AIRPORT MANAGER INDICATED THAT HE DID NOT HEAR A RADIO CALL FROM DEPARTING A/C. ## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB CHI00LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA059), Jan 20, 2000: Cessna 208B (N9457B), Warsaw, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: the misjudged unsafe/hazardous condition by the pilot. Factors to the accident were the precautionary landing being performed by the pilot and the snow covered runway. Additional factors were the… From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.