# Incident 20150708010839I: Weatherly Aviation Co Inc 620B, Kankakee, IL, July 8, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2015, 11:30 local time
- Place: Kankakee, IL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: BSJG
- Location: 41.1017° N, 87.8637° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kankakee, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1017&lon=-87.8637&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2019R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2019R-2018-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Weatherly 620B (registry code 9630605, https://openairdocs.org/model/weatherly-620b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WEATHERLY AVIATION CO INC 620B
- Reported engine: P&W R-985 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 390 total, 61 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150708010839I

## Narrative

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

WHILE TAKING OFF ON THE GRASS RUNWAY, (36) AT BENOIT FIELD (IL78) IN KANKAKEE IL.  AROUND 1130 CST , THE AIRCRAFT LIFTED OFF BUT FAILED TO  CLIMB OUT OF GROUND EFFECT, AND SETTLED BACK DOWN INTO A  CORN  FIELD AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY.

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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