20121202026059I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 208B · Atqasuk, AK · December 2, 2012

Date: December 2, 2012 · 11:00 local
Place: Atqasuk, AK
Airport: Atqasuk Edward Burnell Sr Memo
Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: EPUA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N303GV
Reported as: Cessna 208B
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours: 20,000 total200 in this make and model125 in the last 90 days

N303GVRegistered now · Cessna 208BS/N 208B0581 · Built 1996 Airframe modelCessna 208B Engine modelPratt & Whitney PT6A seriesTurbo-prop

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Upon aircraft landing flare out by fo prior to touchdown, secured cargo (approx. 2500 lbs packaged wood flooring) inside aircraft under cargo straps/net shifted aft causing aircraft aft CG to exceed CG limits. After engine shutdown when PIC climbed out of cockpit folding ladder, the lack of his body weight forward CG caused the aircraft tail to strike the ground/ramp damaging the aircraft tail stand area.

As the FAA filed it

UPON AIRCRAFT LANDING FLARE OUT BY FO PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN, SECURED CARGO (APPROX. 2500 LBS PACKAGED WOOD FLOORING) INSIDE AIRCRAFT UNDER CARGO STRAPS/NET SHIFTED AFT CAUSING AIRCRAFT AFT CG TO EXCEED CG LIMITS. AFTER ENGINE SHUTDOWN WHEN PIC CLIMBED OUT OF COCKPIT FOLDING LADDER, THE LACK OF HIS BODY WEIGHT FORWARD CG CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TAIL TO STRIKE THE GROUND/RAMP DAMAGING THE AIRCRAFT TAIL STAND AREA.

Other reports on N303GV · 2

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

Accident 20051219029599AGround Taxi, Other Airplane · Brevig Mission, AK(-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…Dec 19, 2005 · Substantial damage Incident 19970427014569ITo Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct) · Kotzebue, AKNarrative: on 04/27/97 at 6:25 a Cessna caravan, N303GV, departed Kotzebue, Alaska with the tail stand attached.Apr 27, 1997