# Accident 20020306003309A: Cessna 208B, Barrow, AK, March 6, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 2002, 12:03 local time
- Place: Barrow, AK
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FXGA
- Location: 70.6169° N, 155.0014° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=70.6169&lon=-155.0014&mi=10
- Aircraft: N208TF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N208TF) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC02FA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC02FA020) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020306003309A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT (200 LBS) PICKED UP 4 ADULT MALES (760 LBS) WITH BAGGAGE (304 LBS), AND APPROXIMATELY 1400 LBS. OF FREIGHT, WITH AN ESTIMATED 1400 TO 1450 LBS FUEL ONBOARD. FREIGHT WAS LOADED IN AFT HALF OF CABIN, BAGGAGE LOADED IN FRONT 3/4THS OF CARGO POD.  PILOT DEPARTED SCC ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN.  DESTINATION TRAVELLING SEISMIC CAMP (NEAR PUVIAK LAKE) PERSONNEL WERE CONTACTED BY PILOT NEAR TIME OF DEPARTURE FROM SCC AND GAVE PILOT WIND/PRESSURE/1.5 MILES VISIBILITY.  PILOT CANCELED IFR AND DESCENDED THROUGH CLOUDS/FOG TO 500 FEET.  PILOT CONTACTED CAMP PERSONNEL TWICE WITHIN  10 MINUTES OF ACCIDENT AND WAS GIVEN 500 FOOT CEILING AND 6/10 MILE VISIBILITY IN FOG.  PILOT OVERFLEW CAMP AND ICE RUNWAY ON LAKE, AND WAS MAKING WIDE CIRCLING LEFT TURN BACK TO RUNWAY AT LOW SPEED WHEN AIRCRAFT BEGAN ROLL AND/OR PITCH OSCILLATIONS.  PASSENGERS SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED A DECELLERATION FOLLOWED BY A SENSE THAT THE TAIL WAS MOVING UP AND DOWN.  THE PILOT APPLIED FULL POWER  AND THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND WITH THE PROP IN A NOSE/LEFT WING LOW ALTITUDE, SLIDING UPRIGHT ABOUT 300 FEET TO A STOP APPROXIMATELY 1/2 TO 8/10 MILE RUNWAY. LEADING EDGE ICE WAS PHOTOGRAPHED ON AIRCRAFT DEICE BOOTS 3/06 AND 3/09/02.

## 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 ANC02FA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC02FA020), Mar 6, 2002: Cessna 208B (N208TF), Barrow, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's continued flight into adverse weather conditions, and an inadvertent stall. Factors associated with the accident are fog, obscuration, and icing conditions.

## Other reports on N208TF (2)

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

- [Incident 20131204023479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131204023479I), Dec 4, 2013: Cessna 208B (N208TF), Snyder, TX, Minor damage. During cruise flight, the engine made a loud noise the pilot called a "backfire" and stopped running. The pilot made a power off emergency landing at night.…
- [Accident 20110426006319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110426006319A), Apr 26, 2011: Cessna 208B (N208TF), El Paso, TX, Substantial damage. On April 26, 2011 at 1858 MDT a Cessna 208, N208TF registered to aero leasing, was tipped over by a strong wind gust while awaiting taxi instructions at El…

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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