# Accident 20000811004519A: Cessna 208B, North Platte, NE, August 11, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 2000, 10:54 local time
- Place: North Platte, NE
- Airport: Lee Bird Field
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: JDWA
- Location: 41.1262° N, 100.6837° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1262&lon=-100.6837&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1116Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1116Y-2010-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00LA254](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA254) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000811004519A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRPLANE CESSNA 172, N734WD WAS DOING RUN UP SHORT OF HOLD LINE AT NIGHT, AIRPLANE CESSNA 208 N1116Y TAXIED INTO TAIL OF CESSNA 172 CAUSING DAMAGE TO RUDDER, ELEVATORS, HORIZONAL STABALIZER, VERTICAL STABLIZERM DAMAGE TO PROPELLER OF CESSNA 208. PILOT OF 172 STATED NAV LIGHTS AND BEACON WERE ON.  WITNESS STATED LIGHTS WERE ON 172 WHEN TAIXED OUT, PILOT OF 208 STATED HE SAW RED GLOW OF NAV LIGHTS OF 172 AFTER ACCIDENT.  SKID MARKS LEFT BY CESSNA 208 WERE 20 FEET 6 INCHES LEFT TIRE, 10 FEET 9 INCHES RIGHT TIRE.  WITNESS STATED HE SAW CESSNA 208 TAXING AT MODERATE RATE OF SPEED.  PILOT OF CESSNA 208 STATED HE DID NOT SEE CESSNA 172.  LIGHT BULB RECOVERED AT SCENE BEING SENT TO NTSB FOR ANALYSIS.

## 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 CHI00LA254](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA254), Aug 12, 2000: Cessna 208B (N1116Y), North Platte, NE, minor damage. Probable cause: the pilot of the other airplane not maintaining clearance while taxiing. A factor was the dark night.

## Other reports on N1116Y (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20070208002919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070208002919A), Feb 8, 2007: Cessna 208B (N1116Y), Alliance, NE, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft was in the process of conducting a non-precision approach to runway 12 at the Alliance Municipal Airport, Alliance, Nebraska. Aircraft struck a…

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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