20030102006879I

Incident

FAA incident report · Beech B300 · Springfield, IL · January 2, 2003

Date: January 2, 2003 · 07:56 local
Place: Springfield, IL
Airport: Capital Airport
Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: LX5A
Aircraft: N961LL
Reported as: Beech B300
People aboard: 6
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,397 total1,357 in this make and model111 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) While beginning a takeoff roll on runway 4 the crew of N961LL aborted the takeoff after reaching an airspeed of approximately sixty knots. The crew then requested clearance from the air traffic control tower to return to the idot hangar. No reason was given for the aborted takeoff. Subsequent investigation revealed the pilot not flying observed what appeared to be a ridge of ice on the wing of the aircraft during the takeoff. The aircraft was returned to the hangar and de-iced. The pilot in command stated he had not deiced the aircraft prior to departure because it had been brought out of a heated hangar. privacy data omitted This incident is closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE BEGINNING A TAKEOFF ROLL ON RUNWAY 4 THE CREW OF N961LL ABORTED THE TAKEOFF AFTER REACHING AN AIRSPEED OF APPROXIMATELY SIXTY KNOTS. THE CREW THEN REQUESTED CLEARANCE FROM THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER TO RETURN TO THE IDOT HANGAR. NO REASON WAS GIVEN FOR THE ABORTED TAKEOFF. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE PILOT NOT FLYING OBSERVED WHAT APPEARED TO BE A RIDGE OF ICE ON THE WING OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE TAKEOFF. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO THE HANGAR AND DE-ICED. THE PILOT IN COMMAND STATED HE HAD NOT DEICED THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO DEPARTURE BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN BROUGHT OUT OF A HEATED HANGAR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.