# Accident 20071218828939A: Cessna 208B, Bethel, AK, December 18, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 2007, 09:09 local time
- Place: Bethel, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ACSA
- Location: 60.7950° N, 161.8883° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7950&lon=-161.8883&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5187B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5187B-2009-04-13) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,054 total, 131 in this make and model, 177 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC08LA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08LA027) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071218828939A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES WEST OF THE BETHEL AIRPORT (BET). THE PILOT STATED WHILE CLIMBING OUT ON DEPARTURE FROM BETHEL HE RETRACTED THE FIRST 10 DEGREES OF FLAPS AND THEN THE REMAINING 10 DEGREES OF FLAPS. THEN HE FELT A VORTICES TYPE OF TURBULENCE WHICH TENDED TO ROLL HIM TO THE RIGHT. SHORTLY AFTER THAT HE EXPERIENCED ANOTHER TURBULENT EPISODE WHICH WAS MORE VIOLENT AND ATTEMPTED TO ROLL HIM TO THE RIGHT. HE STATED THAT HE LOWERED THE NOSE THIS TIME WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WAS A THIRD TURBULENT EPISODE WHILE HE STILL HAD THE NOSE DOWN ATTEMPTING TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT, WHEN HE SAW THE GROUND THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD AND STARTED ADDING FLAPS AND REDUCING POWER TO SLOW THE AIRCRAFT DOWN, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND.

## 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 ANC08LA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08LA027), Dec 18, 2007: Cessna 208B (N5187B), Bethel, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to adequately remove frost contamination from the airplane, which resulted in a loss of control and subsequent collision with terrain during an emergency landing after takeoff.

## Other reports on N5187B (1)

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

- [Accident 19991206046709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991206046709A), Dec 6, 1999: Cessna 208B (N5187B), Bethel, AK, No damage. (-23) Upon retracting the flaps from 10 degrees to up after takeoff from the Bethel, Alaska airport, the aircraft settled. Pilot re-selected the flaps to 10…

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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