Cessna 208B N892FE
19 February 2010 · Sacramento, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 19 February 2010 at about 02:41 local time, a Cessna 208B registered N892FE, operated by West Air Inc, was involved in an accident near Sacramento, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 02:41
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Sacramento, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Sacramento International (SMF)
- Coordinates
- 38.6953, -121.5906
- Aircraft
- Cessna 208B
- Registration
- N892FE
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- West Air Inc
- Operating rule
- Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Arcata → Sacramento
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night
- NTSB number
- WPR10LA141
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
An in-flight collision with a bird while on final approach.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot was on approach to the airport when he saw five large birds. The pilot felt an impact to the right wing and the airplane rolled to the right. The pilot corrected the roll with opposite aileron and rudder input and the airplane landed safely on the runway. Postaccident examination showed substantial damage to the right wing spar. Bird remains recovered from the airplane were identified as tundra swan.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 208 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Jun 2010 | Cessna 208 | Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Mexico | Servicious Aereos Milenio | Fatal | 9 |
| 20 Mar 2010 | Cessna 208B | Phoenix, Arizona, United States | - | Unknown | - |
| 5 Sep 2010 | Cessna 208 | Pointe a Pitre, Guadeloupe | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 17 Feb 2010 | Cessna 208B | Kwigillingok, Alaska, United States | Grant Aviation | No injuries | - |
| 3 Dec 2009 | Cessna 208B | Rome, New York, United States | Wiggins Airways, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 4 Oct 2011 | Cessna 208B | Utsigi Point, NT, Canada | Air Tindi, LTD | Fatal | 2 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Jun 2010 | Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164B | Courtland, California, United States | Walter Avery | Serious injuries | - |
| 7 Mar 2010 | Cessna 172P | Camarillo Airport, California, United States | Channel Islands Aviation Inc | No injuries | - |
| 27 Apr 2010 | Piper PA-30 | Merced, California, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 12 Oct 2010 | Robinson R22 BETA | Long Beach, California, United States | Temco Sky Networks | Serious injuries | - |
| 15 Jun 2010 | Rans COYOTE II S6 | Lincoln, California, United States | Michael S. Gorden | Fatal | 2 |
| 12 Oct 2010 | Boeing A75N1(PT17) | Palm Springs, California, United States | Kent Thomas | No injuries | - |