# Incident 20020921035279I: Cessna 560CESSNA, Chicago, IL, September 21, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2002, 17:29 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago Midway
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7856° N, 87.7527° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO MIDWAY INTL (MDW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7856&lon=-87.7527&mi=10
- Aircraft: N223JV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N223JV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 560 (registry code 2076750, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-560) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D 5 series (registry code 52113, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-5-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 560CESSNA
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 620 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020921035279I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 31C. THE PILOT TAXIED SLIGHTLY LEFT OF THE ASSUMED CENTERLINE LIGHTING POSITION, AND HELD THERE WHILE THE CABIN WAS CHECKED. BRAKES WERE HELD AS POWER WAS INCREASED TO TAKEOFF POWER. BRAKES WERE RELEASED AND AIRCRAFT HEADED DOWN THE RUNWAY. AIRSPEED AND ENGINE GAGES WERE CHECKED. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE PILOT HEARD A SINGLE THUMP, HE THOUGHT HE RAN OVER A RECESSED CENTERLINE LIGHT. AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTS WERE INDICATING NORMAL AND DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE WAS NORMAL. THE PILOT POSITIONED THE AIRCRAFT JUST TO THE LEFT OF WHAT HE THOUGHT WERE THE CENTERLINE LIGHTS FOR THE REST OF THE TAKEOFF. THE FLIGHT WAS UNEVENTFUL UNTIL REACHING SIOUX FALLS WHERE THEY ENCOUNTERED A BIRD STRIKE ON FINAL APPROACH. THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED FOR THE BIRD STRIKE DAMAGE, AND THAT IS WHEN IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS A HOLE ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE RIGHT FLAP. MIDWAY TOWER WAS CALLED AND THEY INSPECTED THE RUNWAY WHERE THEY FOUND A BROKEN RUNWAY LIGHT AND A SIGN WAS KNOCKED DOWN.

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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