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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 208B · Raeford, NC · August 18, 2012

Date: August 18, 2012 · 15:37 local
Place: Raeford, NC
Airport: Hoke Co. Airport
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N80GE
NTSB investigation: NTSBERA12CA519
Reported as: Cessna 208B
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,342 total32 in this make and model64 in the last 90 days

N80GERegistered now · Cessna 208BS/N 208B0585 · Built 1996 Airframe modelCessna 208B Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42ATurbo-prop

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What happened

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Pilot decided to land in the grass alongside the runway. On landing roll out, the aircraft crossed a paved taxiway with a depression on both sides of the taxiway. The aircraft momentarily became airborne, landed on the other side of the taxiway, became airborne again, landed again in a nose down attitude and the nose gear collapsed. The aircraft slid to a stop in the grass with the nose gear folded aft.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DECIDED TO LAND IN THE GRASS ALONGSIDE THE RUNWAY. ON LANDING ROLL OUT, THE AIRCRAFT CROSSED A PAVED TAXIWAY WITH A DEPRESSION ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TAXIWAY. THE AIRCRAFT MOMENTARILY BECAME AIRBORNE, LANDED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TAXIWAY, BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN, LANDED AGAIN IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP IN THE GRASS WITH THE NOSE GEAR FOLDED AFT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB ERA12CA519Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportRaeford, NCThe pilot's decision to land in a grassy area next to a paved runway, which resulted in impact with a ditch and subsequent nose landing gear collapse.Aug 18, 2012 · Substantial damage

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