# NTSB CEN13CA495: Cessna 172, N5148A, Kankakee, IL, August 18, 2013 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: August 17, 2013, 20:30 local (Aug 18, 2013, 01:30 UTC) - Place: Kankakee, IL - Coordinates: 41.071388, -87.846389 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0714&lon=-87.8464&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Takeoff: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report February 4, 2014 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA Flight Standards District Office - NTSB case key (mKey): 87807 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN13CA495 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/87807/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=87807 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA495 ## Probable cause The airplane struck a deer during takeoff. Contributing to the accident was the perimeter fence being less than FAA's recommended 10 feet high. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Object/animal/substance: animal(s)/bird(s)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022045): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Effect on equipment (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022045/cases.md?model=2072402), [All aircraft, 358 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022045/cases.md) - [Object/animal/substance: fence/fence post](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022047): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Contributed to outcome (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022047/cases.md?model=2072402), [All aircraft, 313 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022047/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Takeoff: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 172, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md?model=2072402), [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md) ## Analysis The airplane struck a deer as it was rotated for liftoff. There is a fence surrounding the airport, but it does not meet FAA's recommendation of being at least 10 feet high. ## Factual narrative The pilot said that as he rotated the airplane for liftoff, he struck a deer. He made the decision to continue the takeoff and successfully flew the airplane around the traffic pattern and landed without incident. Postaccident examination revealed the lower forward fuselage and cowling were crushed, and the propeller was bent. There is a fence surrounding the airport, but it does not meet FAA's recommendation of being at least 10 feet high. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N5148A](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5148A), registered now, S/N 28148, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 172 - Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 28148 - Airframe hours: 2505 - Engines: Continental O-300-B 145 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Edward J. Turner III - Registered owner: Robert E. Kachergius - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, July 10, 2013, 3 hours before - Departed: KIKK, Kankakee, IL - Destination: KIKK, Kankakee, IL - Airport: KIKK, Greater Kankakee, runway 04, 5,979 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 53; injuries: none; flight engineer, commercial, airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, with waivers/limitations; last flight review July 2, 2013; seat: left; flight hours: 15,055 total, 420 in this make and model, 4,746 as pilot in command, 28 in the last 90 days, 18 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk - Wind: 60° at 5 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 68 °F, dew point 59 °F - Altimeter: 30.18 inHg - Observed at: kikk ## 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 20130817015099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130817015099A), Aug 17, 2013: Cessna 172, Kankakee, IL, Substantial damage. Pilot was practicing night stop and go landings on runway 4 at greater Kankakee airport. As he was rotating on takeoff, a deer ran in front of the airplane.… ## Docket (4 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 20, 2013, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=87807. 2.4 MB in all. - NTSB Form 6120.1-2, Pilot-Operator Aircraft Accident Report (item 1, .PDF, 220 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40399038&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=NTSB%20Form%206120.1-2,%20Pilot-Operator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report-Redacted.PDF - Weather Reports and Records (item 2, .PDF, 49 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40399039&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Weather%20Reports%20and%20Records-Master.PDF - Photo 1 - Bottom of fuselage, looking aft (item 3, .PDF, 1.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40399040&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%201%20-%20Bottom%20of%20fuselage,%20looking%20aft-Master.PDF - Photo 2 - Lower left portion of engine cowling (item 4, .PDF, 891 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40399041&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%202%20-%20Lower%20left%20portion%20of%20engine%20cowling-Master.PDF From the NTSB's public API. 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