# Accident 20051219029599A: Cessna 208B, Brevig Mission, AK, December 19, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 2005, 14:45 local time
- Place: Brevig Mission, AK
- Airport: Brevig Mission Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EPUA
- Location: 65.3167° N, 166.4500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=65.3167&lon=-166.4500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N303GV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N303GV) (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: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC06CA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06CA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051219029599A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A 180 DEGREE TURN ON THE RUNWAY FOR BACK TAXI TO PARKING. AS THE AIRCRAFT TURNED BROADSIDE TO THE APPROXIMATELY 40 KNOT WIND THE UPWIND WING WAS LIFTED CAUSING THE DOWNWIND WING TO CONTACT THE GROUND. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY THE UPWIND WING AND PROPELLER MAKING CONTACT WITH THE GROUND. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITT^

## 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 ANC06CA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06CA012), Dec 19, 2005: Cessna 208 (N303GV), Brevig Mission, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for crosswind conditions, which resulted in the left wing striking the ground while taxiing. A factor in the accident was a crosswind.

## Other reports on N303GV (2)

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

- [Incident 20121202026059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121202026059I), Dec 2, 2012: Cessna 208B (N303GV), Atqasuk, AK, Minor damage. Upon aircraft landing flare out by fo prior to touchdown, secured cargo (approx. 2500 lbs packaged wood flooring) inside aircraft under cargo straps/net…
- [Incident 19970427014569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970427014569I), Apr 27, 1997: Cessna 208 (N303GV), Kotzebue, AK. Narrative: on 04/27/97 at 6:25 a Cessna caravan, N303GV, departed Kotzebue, Alaska with the tail stand attached.

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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