# Incident 19851206067249I: Cessna 208A, Yakima, WA, December 6, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 1985, 08:21 local time
- Place: Yakima, WA
- Airport: Yakima Air Terminal
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: UNIA
- Location: 46.5909° N, 120.5494° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yakima, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5909&lon=-120.5494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N823FE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N823FE-1991-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208A (registry code 2073703, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 24,100 total, 100 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851206067249I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

SLID OFF ICY TAXIWAY WHILE TURNING ONTO RUNWAY. BLOCKED ILS AND RUNWAY CLOSED UNTIL SNOW BLOWER CLEARED A PATH.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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