# Accident 20040516011639A: Cessna 208B, Egegik, AK, May 16, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2004, 10:15 local time
- Place: Egegik, AK
- Airport: Egegik Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PNSA
- Location: 58.1856° N, 157.3856° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.1856&lon=-157.3856&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9820F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9820F) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,300 total, 290 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC04LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040516011639A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT AND CO-PILOT WERE TAXIING THE AIRPLANE FROM THE PARKING RAMP TO THE RUNWAY FOR TAKEOFF WHEN THE LEFT WING WAS LIFTED BY A WIND GUST RESULTING IN THE RIGHT WING STRIKING THE GROUND. THE WIND WAS ESTIMATED FROM 110 DEGREES AT 35 KNOTS GUSTING TO 40 KNOTS.

## 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 ANC04LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA054), May 16, 2004: Cessna 208B (N9820F), Egegik, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The captain's improper evaluation of the weather conditions and improper decision to taxi the airplane in high gusting wind conditions which resulted in the airplane's right wing striking the ground.…

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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