# Accident 20030124001119A: Cessna 208B, San Angelo, TX, January 24, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 2003
- Place: San Angelo, TX
- Airport: Ducote Airpark Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: DEMA
- Location: 31.3583° N, 100.6128° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3583&lon=-100.6128&mi=10
- Aircraft: N944FE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N944FE-2003-01-30) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,356 total, 0 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW03FA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03FA089) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030124001119A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED IMPACTING GROUND AT A STEEP ANGLE OF BANK, STRIKING THE LEFT WING TIP THEN, PROCEEDED UNTIL STRIKING POWER LINES AND FENCE. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO ROLL UNTIL IT CAME TO REST INVERTED IN THE FIELD. EVIDENCE OF THE LEFT WING TIP NAVIGATION LIGHT STRUCTURE WAS FOUND AT THE SITE OF INITIAL IMPACT. TWO PILOTS ON BOARD AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. NO FIRE.

## 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 FTW03FA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03FA089), Jan 24, 2003: Cessna 208B (N944FE), San Angelo, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: The flight crew's failure to cycle the deice boots prior to conducting a simulated forced landing and their failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the maneuver, which resulted in an inadvertent…

## Other reports on N944FE (1)

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

- [Incident 19871222080849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871222080849I), Dec 22, 1987: Cessna 208B (N944FE), Sacramento, CA. Encountered heavy icing 13000 feet. Entered into a spin. Stabilized at 700 feet above ground. Continued the flight.

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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