# Accident 20020810035929A: Cessna 500CESSNA, Sandusky, OH, August 10, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2002, 21:10 local time
- Place: Sandusky, OH
- Airport: Griffing Sandusky Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4333° N, 80.6522° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4333&lon=-80.6522&mi=10
- Aircraft: N688CF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N688CF-2008-08-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 500 (registry code 2076602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-1 series (registry code 52060, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-1-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 500CESSNA
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,426 total, 526 in this make and model, 124 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC02LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02LA172) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020810035929A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 9:10 PM ON AUGUST 10, 2002, AIRCRAFT N688CF, PILOTED BY BRADLEY A. MCGINNIS, DEPARTED SANDUSKY, OHIO (SKY) ENROUTE TO ASHLAND, KENTUCKY (DWU). AT TAKEOFF AIRCRAFT NOSE WHEEL STRUCK A DEER AS THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. PILOT REQUESTED AND RECEIVED A DIVERSION TO TOLEDO, OHIO (TOL) TO CHECK THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE OF THE NOSE GEAR. UPON ARRIVAL TO TOLEDO GROUND OBSERVERS INDICATED THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS BENT BACK. TEH AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR AND STOPPED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR 1 PAX (STEPSON-MATTHEW EDWARDS).

## 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 NYC02LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02LA172), Aug 11, 2002: Cessna 500 (N688CF), Sandusky, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: A collision with a deer during a night takeoff.

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.

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