- Date
- February 12, 2008, 20:15 local (Feb 13, 2008, 02:15 UTC)
- Place
- Cahokia, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N67726Cessna 425
- Defining event
- Taxi-into takeoff position: Ground collision
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 2008
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20080212011249A
- Case key
- 67548
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot not maintaining clearance from the runway sign during taxi for takeoff. A factor contributing to the accident was an icy taxiway.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The airplane impacted a runway sign during taxi for takeoff on an icy taxiway. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane reference the accident flight. The pilot stated that the airport issued notices to airmen indicating "poor braking conditions" in effect, and "1/4" inch of ice covering runways and taxiways.
Factual narrative
The airplane impacted a runway sign during taxi for takeoff on an icy taxiway. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane reference the accident flight. The pilot reported that the airport issued notices to airmen indicating "poor braking conditions" in effect and "1/4" inch of ice covering runways and taxiways.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67726
- Reported as
- Cessna 425
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 425-0030
- Airframe hours
- 4,707
- Engine
- Pratt & Whitney PT6A-112, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Flight Concepts Inc
- Registered owner
- Skycope LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · February 1, 2008
- Departed
- Cahokia, IL
- Destination
- TUL · Tulsa, OK
- Flight plan
- IFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 1, 2007
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,685 total · 455 in this make and model · 2,490 as pilot in command · 125 in the last 90 days · 42 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Observed at
- CPS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.