# Accident 20040420007399A: Cessna 208B, Kalaupapa, HI, April 20, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 2004, 15:41 local time
- Place: Kalaupapa, HI
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: RNVA
- Location: 21.1891° N, 156.9796° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.1891&lon=-156.9796&mi=10
- Aircraft: N302PW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N302PW-2017-10-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A (registry code 52257, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-114a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A114A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,712 total, 1,294 in this make and model, 251 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC04IA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04IA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040420007399A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE FLT. DEPARTED OGG FOR HNL AS TSUNAMI 2005 AT APPROX. 1511 HST (0111 UTC) WITH 4 PAX. THE PILOT (SINGLE PILOT OPERATION) FLEW THE A/C ACROSS THE CHANNEL BETWEEN MAUI AND MOLOKAI AT 2500 MSL. WHEN HE REACHED MOLOKAI THE WX WAS GOOD (VMC, VIS >10 S.M.), SO HE DESCENDED TO 1000 MSL TO PROVIDE THE PAX WITH SOME SIGHTSEEING. HE PROCEEDED WNW AT 1000 MSL ALONG THE NORTH SHORE OF MOLOKAI. APPROX. ABEAM OF MOKAPU ISLAND AT OR ABOUT 1541 HST (0414 UTC) THE FLT. ENCOUNTERED A BRIEF EPISODE OF TURBULENCE DURING WHICH ONE PAX WAS INJURED. THE PAX BLED FROM THE HEAD DUE TO A LACERATION RECEIVED WHEN HE MADE CONTACT WITH THE INSIDE OF THE A/C. THE PILOT REPORTEDLY ASKED THE INJURED PAX IF HE WANTED HIM TO LAND IMMEDIATELY FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE PAX REPLIED NO. THE PILOT THEN CLIMBED TO 6500 MSL, REQUESTED MEDICAL ASSISTANCE UPON ARRIVAL OVER THE COMPANY FREQUENCY, AND PROCEEDED TO HNL WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE FLIGHT LANDED AT APPROX. 1605 (0205 UTC). THE INJURED PAX WAS EXAMINED BY ROB SMITH (R.N.) FROM QUEENS AIRPORT MEDICAL FACILITY. THE PAX WAS SUBSEQUENTLY TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE AT HIS REQUEST. HE WAS RELEASED THAT EVENING.

## 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 ANC04IA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04IA046), Apr 21, 2004: Cessna 208 (N302PW), Kalaupapa, HI, incident, no damage. Probable cause: An in-flight encounter with turbulence during cruise flight, which resulted in a minor injury to a passenger. On February 7, 2006, this occurrence was reclassified from an accident to an incident and…

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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