# Accident 20021108031689A: Cessna 208B, Parks, AZ, November 8, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 2002, 10:17 local time
- Place: Parks, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2247° N, 111.9319° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2247&lon=-111.9319&mi=10
- Aircraft: N514DB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N514DB-2011-05-26) (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
- Reported engine: PWA PT6*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 2,030 total, 99 in this make and model, 99 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN03FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03FA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021108031689A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON NOVEMBER 8, 2002, AT APPROXIMATELY 1020 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 208B, N514DB, OPERATED BY BROWN COUNTY FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC, OF SNYDER, TEXAS, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN FOLLOWING AN UNCONTROLLED DESCENT NEAR PARKS, ARIZONA. THE INSTRUMENT RATED COMMERCIAL PILOT AND HIS THREE PASSENGERS WERE FATALLY INJURED. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED FOR THIS PERSONAL CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT BEING CONDUCTED UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91. THE FLIGHT TO MIDLAND, TEXAS, ORIGINATED IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, AT APPROXIMATELY 0919. ACCORDING TO THE AIR ROUTE TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTER (ARTCC), IN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, THE AIRPLANE WAS FLYING AT 15,000 FEET. AT APPROXIMATELY 1015, THE PILOT REQUESTED TO CLIMB TO 17,000 FEET. THE CONTROLLER GAVE THE PILOT CLEARANCE TO 17,000 FEET AND THE PILOT ACKNOWLEDGED. AT APPROXIMATELY 1018, ARTCC LOST RADAR AND RADIO CONTACT WITH N514DB. THE WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED AT APPROXIMATELY 1030. ACCORDING TO THE COCONINO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, A WITNESS STATED THAT HE HEARD ENGINE NOISES THAT SOUNDED SIMILAR TO AN AIRPLANE DOING "AEROBATICS." SHORTLY THEREAFTER, HE SAW THE AIRPLANE COME OUT OF THE CLOUDS POINTING STRAIGHT DOWN AND IN A SPIN. THE AIRPLANE DISAPPEARED BEHIND TREES, AND HE HEARD IT IMPACT THE GROUND. (-23) ON 11/08/02 A CESSNA CE-208-B GRAND CARAVAN WAS ENROUTE FROM LAS TO MIDLAND TX ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN. JUST NORTH EAST OF FLG, AZ THE AIRCRAFT WAS LEVEL AT 15100 AND THE PILOT REQUESTED A HIGHER ALTITUDE BECAUSE HE REPORTED THAT HE WAS ACCUMULATING HEAVY RIME ICE. AFTER A BRIEF DELAY, ATC HAD GRANTED CLEARANCE FOR 17000. RADAR INDICATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT INCREASED IN SPEED BUT DID NOT INCREASE ALTITUDE. THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT NEAR PARKS ARIZONA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND ALL 4 OCCUPANTS PERISHED. EVEN THOUGH ICING WAS FORECASTED FOR THE PILOT INTENDED ROUTE, THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROVED FOR FLIGHT INTO KNOWN ICING. THE PILOT HAD RECEIVED A COMPLETE CHECK OUT IN THE AIRCRAFT TYPE FROM FLIGHT SAFETY INTERNATIONAL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DELIVERED TO THE OWNERS FROM THE THE MANUFACTURER IN AUGUST OF 2002. THE AIRCRAFT HAD NOT ACCUMULATED ENOUGH HOURS TO HAVE ANY MAINTENANCE RECORDS FOR IT YET. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TO BE BASED IN FORT WORTH, TX.

## 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 DEN03FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03FA012), Nov 8, 2002: Cessna 208B (N514DB), Parks, AZ, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's improper in flight planning/decision making, his flight into known icing conditions, and his failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in the inadvertent stall/spin and impact…

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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