# Accident 20041206031339A: Cessna 208B, Bellevue, ID, December 6, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 2004, 10:20 local time
- Place: Bellevue, ID
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: GAJA
- Location: 43.3500° N, 114.2167° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3500&lon=-114.2167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25SA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25SA-2007-06-15) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 9,757 total, 202 in this make and model, 196 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA05FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05FA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041206031339A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED AND BURNED ABOUT SEVEN MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE DESTINATION RUNWAY. THE PILOT REPORTED THE FINAL APPROACH FIX BUT INFORMED AN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER THAT HE DID NOT HAVE THE AIRPORT IN SIGHT. NOTHING FURTHER WAS HEARD FROM THIS PILOT. A WITNESS IN THE AREA REPORTED SEEING THE AIRCRAFT FLYING SOUTHEAST, OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO THE APPROACH COURSE, AT LOW ALTITUDE. THE WITNESS DESCRIBED THE AIRCRAFT FLYING WITH WINGS ROCKING BACK AND FORTH AND THEN WATCHED THE NOSE DROP TO NEAR VERTICAL UNTIL IMPACT WITH THE GROUND. A PILOT OPERATING A CESSNA CITATION 525 REPORTED TO AN NTSB INVESTIGATOR THAT HE PICKED UP MODERATE MIXED ICE ON THE WINGS AND WINDSHIELD WHILE FLYING ON THE SAME APPROACH 20 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT. THE PASSENGER FLYING ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT WAS ANOTHER AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT WHO WORKED FOR THE COMPANY. HE HAD NO CREW RESPONSIBILITIES AND WAS NOT TRAINED IN OPERATING THE AIRCRAFT. HE WAS BEING TRANSPORTED TO HIS HOME BASE.

## 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 SEA05FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05FA025), Dec 6, 2004: Cessna 208B (N25SA), Bellevue, ID, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while on approach for landing in icing conditions. Inadequate airspeed was a factor.

## Other reports on N25SA (1)

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

- [Incident 20040730015789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040730015789I), Jul 30, 2004: Cessna 208B (N25SA), Boise, ID, Minor damage. (-23) CE-208, N25SA, was taxiing to park at gate 58 at boi, when the pilot misjudged the height of the vertical stabilizer of N70672, a CE-210, and scraped 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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