# Incident 20020326019479I: Cessna 208B, Williamsport, PA, March 26, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2002, 01:02 local time
- Place: Williamsport, PA
- Airport: Williamsport-Lycoming County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AXSA
- Location: 41.2400° N, 77.0356° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Williamsport, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2400&lon=-77.0356&mi=10
- Aircraft: N959FE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N959FE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,700 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020326019479I

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. J. BRAKVATNE WAS SCHEDULED TO OPERATE WIGGINS FLIGHT 7466 FROM IPT (WILLIAMSPORT) TO MDT (MIDDLETOWN) ON MARCH 26, 2002. THE WEATHER AT IPT WAS 1400 OVERCAST AND VISIBILITY (3) THREE MILES. THE WINDS WERE REPORTED AS 0815 GUSTING TO 18. THE TAXIWAY WAS WET WITH STANDING WATER. THE PILOT STATED THAT A GUST OF WIND PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE TAXIWAY INTO THE MUD. THE PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED. THE PILOT APPLIED THE BRAKES AND WAS USING BETA, BUT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO SLIDE. ALTHOUGH NOT A FACTOR IN THIS INCIDENT, AIRPORT DIVISION WAS CONTACTED ABOUT TAXIWAY MARKINGS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N959FE (1)

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

- [Incident 20080130011699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080130011699I), Jan 30, 2008: Cessna 208B (N959FE), Manchester, NH, Substantial damage. (-23) This office notified by new england area operations center that: "N959FE, CE-208, while performing a maintenance runup, Manchester, NH taxiway hotel,…

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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