# Incident 20040929025239I: Cessna 208B, Decatur, IL, September 29, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 2004, 05:20 local time
- Place: Decatur, IL
- Airport: Decatur
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DPUA
- Location: 39.8344° N, 88.8656° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8344&lon=-88.8656&mi=10
- Aircraft: N276PM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N276PM-2005-12-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 35 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04LA298](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA298) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040929025239I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA ^ ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2004, AT APPROXIMATELY 05:20 AM LOCAL TIME, THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF N276PM, A CE-208 AIRCRAFT ON A PROPOSED FLIGHT FROM KDEC TO KUIN, CONDUCTED A TAKE OFF MANEUVER ON RUNWAY 36 AT THE KDEC AIRPORT WHICH HAD BEEN CLOSED DUE TO CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES. THE RUNWAY LIGHTS WERE OFF AT THE TIME OF DEPARTURE AND LIGHTED BARRICADES HAD BEEN ERECTED APPROXIMATELY 300-400 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY. ADDITIONALLY, A NOTAM HAD BEEN ISSUED FOR THE CLOSURE OF THE RUNWAY WITH FSS AND THE ASOS/ATIS RECORDING REFERENCED THE CLOSED RUNWAY. THE DEC ATC TOWER WAS NOT OPERATIONAL AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT. AS THE AIRCRAFT ACCELERATED DOWN RUNWAY 36 AT DEC THE PILOT NOTED THE BARRICADES AND MANEUVERED TO AVOID HITTING THOSE OBJECTS. THE AIRCRAFT PASSED THROUGH THE LINE OF BARRICADES, OVER THE YELLOW X INDICATING A CLOSED RUNWAY, AND INTO A RUT WHICH HAD HAD BEEN CUT PERPENDICULAR TO THE RUNWAY DIRECTION. AS A RESULT OF THAT COLLISION, N276PM SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY, AND PROPELLER. THE PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## 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 CHI04LA298](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA298), Sep 29, 2004: Cessna 208B (N276PM), Decatur, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight preparation, and his subsequent selection of a runway for takeoff that was listed as out of service, resulting in a collision with barricades and uneven terrain…

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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