# Accident 20120818021929A: Cessna 208B, Raeford, NC, August 18, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2012, 15:37 local time
- Place: Raeford, NC
- Airport: Hoke Co. Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0197° N, 79.1881° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0197&lon=-79.1881&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80GE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80GE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42A (registry code 52268, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-42a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-42A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,342 total, 32 in this make and model, 64 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12CA519](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA519) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120818021929A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 ERA12CA519](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA519), Aug 18, 2012: Cessna 208B (N80GE), Raeford, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The 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.

## Other reports on N80GE (1)

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

- [Accident 20131012019249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131012019249A), Oct 12, 2013: Cessna 208B (N80GE), Ray Township, MI, No damage, 1 fatal. Actual date of accident was 10/12/2013. Received Michigan state police report describing situation along with witness statements. Jumper exited aircraft at…

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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