# NTSB BFO93LA004: Cessna 402, N829JB, Brookville, OH, November 8, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 8, 1992, 06:20 local (11:20 UTC)
- Place: Brookville, OH
- Coordinates: 39.830394, -84.409782 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8304&lon=-84.4098&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 30, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11880
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO93LA004
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11880/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93LA004

## Probable cause

THE PRESENCE OF ANIMALS ON THE RUNWAY, CAUSING THE PILOT TO EXECUTE AN ABORTED TAKEOFF AND OVERRUN THE RUNWAY IN AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID THE ANIMALS.  FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE LOW LIGHTING CONDITIONS AND WET GRASS.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, takeoff - aborted
  - light condition - dawn (contributing factor)
  - object - animal(s) (cause)
  - aborted takeoff - performed, pilot in command
- On ground/water collision with object, takeoff - aborted
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - object - fence

## Analysis

THE PILOT ABORTED THE TAKEOFF AFTER SEEING FOUR DEER ON THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY DURING AN EARLY MORNING DEPARTURE.  THE AIRPLANE OVERRAN THE RUNWAY AND ENTERED A WET, GRASSY FIELD.  THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE AIRPLANE, BUT THE AIRPLANE STRUCK A FENCE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N829JB](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N829JB-1994-01-31), registration cancelled 1994-01-31, S/N 402B0394 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402
- Registry model: [Cessna 402B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (registry code 207590P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 0394
- Airframe hours: 3837
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Positioning, Part 91
- Operator: Brookville Ari Park, Inc.
- Registered owner: Franklin Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 26, 1992, 96 hours before
- Departed: I62
- Destination: RIC, RICHMOND, IN
- Airport: I62, Brookville Air Park, runway 27, 2,500 × 30 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; airline transport, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane, helicopter; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 4,250 total, 300 in this make and model, 3,800 as pilot in command, 85 in the last 90 days, 25 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dawn
- Wind: 150° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 13,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 34 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: DAY, 6 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19921108045909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921108045909A), Nov 8, 1992: Cessna 402CESSNA, Brookville, OH, Substantial damage. On takeoff saw deer on runway. Jumped over same but came down on overrun. Went through tree stumps and a fence.

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.

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