# Accident 19970102000109A: Cessna 208B, Edenton, NC, January 2, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 1997, 18:35 local time
- Place: Edenton, NC
- Airport: Edenton Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: FFJA
- Location: 36.0494° N, 76.6008° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0494&lon=-76.6008&mi=10
- Aircraft: N802TH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N802TH-1998-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A114
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 2,980 total, 850 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA97FA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97FA057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970102000109A

## Narrative

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

SCUD RUNNING AT NIGHT IN HEAVY FOG. STRUCK KNOWN POWER LINE NEAR AIRPORT. FELL INTO LAKE. PRESSURE KEEP UPS SCHEDUL (-23) PILOT ATTEMPTED AN APPROACH TO EDE AIRPORT IN DENSE FOG.  AIRCRAFT STRUCK POWER LINES APPROXIMATELY 1/5 MILE FROM END OF RUNWAY AND CRASHED INTO WATER.  PILOT AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES; AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.  NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN ACTIVATED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB MIA97FA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97FA057), Jan 2, 1997: Cessna 208B (N802TH), Edenton, NC, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions. Factors in this accident were: fog, the low ceiling, and the dark night.

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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