# NTSB CHI08CA231: Weatherly 201B, N2936W, Creston, IL, August 1, 2008 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: August 1, 2008, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC) - Place: Creston, IL - Coordinates: 41.945278, -88.923889 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9453&lon=-88.9239&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Airport occurrence](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/070) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report August 28, 2008 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: DuPage, Il, FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 68734 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI08CA231 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/68734/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA231 ## Probable cause The pilot's selection of the unsuitable terrain next to the runway to avoid the landing traffic. Contributing to the accident was the hill in the middle of the runway that blocked the pilot's view of the other traffic and the high vegetation near the runway. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Terrain: mountainous/hilly terrain](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021010): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Contributed to outcome (probable cause); cases with it: [Weatherly 201B, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021010/cases.md?model=9630408), [All aircraft, 329 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021010/cases.md) - [Runway/land/takeoff/taxi surface](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023000): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Not specified (probable cause); cases with it: [Weatherly 201B, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023000/cases.md?model=9630408), [All aircraft, 253 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023000/cases.md) - [Action: incorrect action selection](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041010): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Weatherly 201B, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041010/cases.md?model=9630408), [All aircraft, 397 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041010/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Airport occurrence](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/070) (defining event); cases with it: [Weatherly 201B, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/070/sequence.md?model=9630408), [All aircraft, 56 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/070/sequence.md) - [Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Weatherly 201B, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=9630408), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) - [Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Weatherly 201B, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=9630408), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that he departed on an aerial application flight from the south end of a runway that had a hill about midway which blocked the view of the north end of the runway. He cleared for traffic and started his takeoff roll. Approaching the crest of the runway he saw an airplane landing in front of him. He steered his airplane into corn near the runway to avoid the collision. ## Factual narrative The pilot reported that he departed on an aerial application flight from the south end of a runway that had a hill about midway which blocked the view of the north end of the runway. He cleared for traffic and started his takeoff roll. Approaching the crest of the runway he saw an airplane landing in front of him. He steered his airplane into corn near the runway to avoid the collision. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N2936W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2936W-2017-05-22), registration cancelled 2017-05-22, S/N 602, built 1971 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Weatherly 201B - Registry model: [Weatherly 201B](https://openairdocs.org/model/weatherly-201b) (registry code 9630408) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 602 - Engines: Pratt & Whitney R985 450 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Aerial application, Part 137 - Operator: Robert Hovden - Registered owner: Hendrickson, Charles W - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special) - Departed: IL93, CRESTON, IL ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 58; injuries: none; airline transport, flight engineer, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review May 1, 2007; seat: single; flight hours: 8,051 total, 356 in this make and model, 3,451 as pilot in command ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day ## 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 20080801843229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080801843229A), Aug 1, 2008: Wthrly 201B, Creston, IL, Substantial damage. (-23) Hendrickson field (IL93) is located in Creston, Illinois and has a north/south (18/36) turf runway. Hendrickson Flying Service is located at IL93 and is… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.