Lake In The Hills Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Lake In Hills, Illinois 60156
Monday, April 1, 2002 5:15 CST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The airplane struck a deer during an aborted takeoff. The pilot stated that, during the takeoff roll, he and the second pilot saw five deer on the north side of the runway. He said that they aborted the takeoff but during roll out, at 60 kts, another deer, that was on the south side of the runway, ran into the path of the airplane. The pilot stated that the takeoff was was being performed at early dawn.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

The deer on the runway.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 4/1/2002
Event Day of the Week Monday
Time of Event 515
Event Time Zone Central Standard Time
Event City Lake in Hills
Event State ILLINOIS
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 60156
Event Date Year 2002
Event Date Month 4
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude --
Event Location Longitude --
Event Location Airport LAKE IN THE HILLS
Event Location Nearest Airport ID 3CK
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 888
Weather Briefing Completeness Not pertinent
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 553 Central Standard Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 170
Weather Observation Facility ID DPA
Elevation of weather observation facility 755
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 18
Time Zone of the weather observation CST
Lighting Conditions Dawn
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 3
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) -6
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 210
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 6
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30.02
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 2
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 12183
NTSB Notification Source FAA
NTSB Notification Date Apr 19 2002 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1200
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Aug 28 2002 10:10AM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\MONR
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office West Chicago, IL

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N502CL
NTSB Number CHI02LA115
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed IFR
Flight plan Was Activated? Yes
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Cessna
Aircraft Model 551
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number 551-0002
Certified Max Gross Weight 12700
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 10
Number of Engines 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection AAIP
Date of Last Inspection Mar 18 2002 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 10
Airframe Hours 8093
ELT Installed No
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name Stephenson Aviation Trust
Aircraft Owner Street Address 3150 Salt Creek Ln., Ste 112
Aircraft Owner City Arlington Heights
Aircraft Owner State IL
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 60005
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name NORTHERN ILLINOIS FLIGHT CENTER INC
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 8485 Pyott Rd.
Operator City Lake in the Hills
Operator State IL
Operator Country USA
Operator Zip code 60156
Operator Code NTFA
Owner has at least one certificate --
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Positioning
Second Pilot on Board Yes
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code 3CK
Departure City Lake in Hills
Departure State IL
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 515
Departure Time Zone CST
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code ICT
Destination City WICHITA
Destination State KS
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight Takeoff
Report sent to ICAO? No
Evacuation occurred No
Date of most recent change to record Aug 9 2002 8:36AM
User who most recently changed record SULP
Since inspection or accident Time of Accident
Event Location Runway Number and Location 26
Runway Length 3058
Runway Width 50
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --