20030106006199I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 525 · Chicago, IL · January 6, 2003

Date
January 6, 2003 · 21:30 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Chicago Midway
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
I5WA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N430GR
Reported as
Cessna 525
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,500 total400 in this make and model90 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) Aircraft was departing rwy 31 at mdw. During take off roll the aircraft struck some rwy lighting and subsequently the main tire ruptured. The pilot aborted the take off and the aircraft was towed back to atlantic aviation. Weather was clear with mild winds, time of day was late evening. Visibility of runway markings mah have been a contributing factor.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS DEPARTING RWY 31 AT MDW. DURING TAKE OFF ROLL THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK SOME RWY LIGHTING AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE MAIN TIRE RUPTURED. THE PILOT ABORTED THE TAKE OFF AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED BACK TO ATLANTIC AVIATION. WEATHER WAS CLEAR WITH MILD WINDS, TIME OF DAY WAS LATE EVENING. VISIBILITY OF RUNWAY MARKINGS MAH HAVE BEEN A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.