# Accident 20110310008039A: Cessna 208B, Bakersfield, CA, March 10, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 2011, 07:45 local time
- Place: Bakersfield, CA
- Airport: Bakersfield Meadows
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AWHA
- Location: 35.4253° N, 119.0403° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4253&lon=-119.0403&mi=10
- Aircraft: N930FE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N930FE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 6,095 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 87 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11FA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11FA158) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110310008039A

## Narrative

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

ON DEMAND CARGO AIR CARRIER PILOT WAS TAXIING EASTBOUND TOWARD FEDERAL EXPRESS CARGO LOADING AREA.  THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT MAKE THE RIGHT TURN ON THE CENTERLINE OF THE TAXIWAY AND COLLIDED WITH THE TRUCKS POSITIONED ALONG THE EDGE OF THE TAXIWAY NEXT TO A BUILDING.  SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE AND LEFT WING.  PILOT REPORTED THAT THE RIGHT BRAKE FAILED TO ACTUATE AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT.BRAKE APPLICATIONS ATTEMPTED DURING THE POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION SHOWED A SOFT RIGHT BRAKE PEDAL ON ONE OF THREE BRAKE PEDEAL ACUTATIONS.

## 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 WPR11FA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11FA158), Mar 10, 2011: Cessna 208B (N930FE), Bakersfield, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The malfunction of a master brake cylinder, which resulted in a loss of braking action and subsequent loss of directional control and collision with three vehicles during taxi. Contributing to 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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