# Incident 20030102006879I: Beech B300, Springfield, IL, January 2, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 2003, 07:56 local time
- Place: Springfield, IL
- Airport: Capital Airport
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: LX5A
- Location: 39.8017° N, 89.6437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8017&lon=-89.6437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N961LL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B300
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,397 total, 1,357 in this make and model, 111 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030102006879I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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