Cessna 208B N715HE

Summary

On 6 January 2011 at about 17:26 local time, a Cessna 208B registered N715HE, operated by Hageland Aviation, was involved in an accident near Kipnuk, Alaska, United States. 6 people were 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.

Date

6 January 2011 at 17:26

Classification

Accident

Location

Kipnuk, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Kipnuk Airport (PAKI)

Coordinates

59.9328, -164.0303

Aircraft

Cessna 208B

Registration

N715HE

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Hageland Aviation

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Bethel → Kipnuk

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC11LA009

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s decision to land long on the icy snow-covered runway, resulting in a runway excursion and collision with terrain.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot of the scheduled commuter flight reported that following a normal landing approach, he landed long to avoid a bump in the runway. He applied the brakes during the landing roll, but realized the airplane was still traveling too fast to stop on the snow and ice-covered runway. He said he did not have enough area to abort the landing and applied maximum brakes. The airplane overran the departure end of the runway and impacted a ditch, coming to rest right wing and nose low. The pilot said that there were no preimpact mechanical anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operations. The right wing sustained structural damage.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.