# Accident 20021023028969A: Cessna 208B, Mobile, AL, October 23, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2002, 19:45 local time
- Place: Mobile, AL
- Airport: Brookley
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: NSPA
- Location: 30.7058° N, 87.9500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7058&lon=-87.9500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N76U-2006-06-01) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL03FA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03FA008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021023028969A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED BROOKLEY FIELD (BFM), MOBILE, AL ENROUTE TO MONTGOMERY, AL. AT 1941 CDT (0041Z). PILOT WAS IN CONTACT WITH ATC (MOBILE APPROACH) AND WAS IN LEVEL FLIGHT AT 3000 FEET. PILOT NOTIFIED ATC THAT HE NEEDED TO DEVIATE AND SHORTLY THERE AFTER (1947 CDT/0047Z) ATC LOST RADAR CONTACT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESCENDING BELOW 2400 FEET WHEN RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST. AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED IN A SWAMP ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF MOBILE BAY AT APPROXIMATELY 0200 CDT.

## 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 ATL03FA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03FA008), Oct 24, 2002: Cessna 208B (N76U), Spanish Fort, AL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's spatial disorientation, which resulted in loss of airplane control. Contributing to the accident was the night instrument meteorological conditions with variable cloud layers.

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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