# Accident 20030130003529A: Cessna 208B, Russian Mission, AK, January 30, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 2003, 03:30 local time
- Place: Russian Mission, AK
- Airport: Kako Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ENHA
- Location: 61.8989° N, 161.4380° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.8989&lon=-161.4380&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1276P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1276P-2007-07-05) (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 PT6A114A
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,200 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC03LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA030) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030130003529A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 30, 2003, ABOUT 0330 ALASKA STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 208B AIRPLANE, N1276P, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN THE AIRPLANE'S TAIL HIT THE GROUND DURING PASSENGER LOADING AT THE RUSSIAN MISSION AIRPORT, RUSSIAN MISSION, ALASKA. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED AS AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) MEDICAL PATIENT TRANSFER FLIGHT UNDER TITLE 14, CFR PART 135, BY GRANT AVIATION, INC. OF ANCHORAGE, ALASKA. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT, PATIENT, PATIENT ESCORT AND TWO MEDICAL ATTENDANTS WERE NOT INJURED. THE INTENDED DESTINATION WAS BETHEL, ALASKA. DURING A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH THE ACCIDENT PILOT, HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT PLACE THE TAIL STAND UNDER THE TAIL OF THE AIRPLANE. WHILE LOADING THE MEDICAL PATIENT AT RUSSIAN MISSION THE AIRPLANE WENT DOWN ON ITS TAIL TIE DOWN RING. THE PILOT SAID IT WAS DARK, AND HE DID NOT SEE THE DAMAGE TO THE TAIL. IN ANOTHER CONVERSATION WITH THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, MARK RICHARDSON, FOR THE OPERATOR SAID DUE TO THE DAMAGE TO THE TAIL, THE FS 427.88 BULKHEAD AND TIE DOWN ASSEMBLY WERE REPLACED.

## 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 ANC03LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA030), Jan 30, 2003: Cessna 208B (N1276P), Russian Mission, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to use a tail stand while loading passengers, which resulted in the airplane's tail impacting the ground.

## Other reports on N1276P (1)

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

- [Accident 20040210001269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040210001269A), Feb 10, 2004: Cessna 208B (N1276P), Toksook Bay, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) On February 10, 2004, about 1700 Alaska standard time. A wheel equipped Cessna 208B airplane, N1276P sustained substantial damage when it drifted off the…

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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