# Incident 20121202026059I: Cessna 208B, Atqasuk, AK, December 2, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 2012, 11:00 local time
- Place: Atqasuk, AK
- Airport: Atqasuk Edward Burnell Sr Memo
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EPUA
- Location: 70.4671° N, 157.4357° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ATQASUK EDWARD BURNELL SR MEML (ATK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=70.4671&lon=-157.4357&mi=10
- Aircraft: N303GV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N303GV) (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
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121202026059I

## Narrative

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

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 20051219029599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051219029599A), Dec 19, 2005: Cessna 208B (N303GV), Brevig Mission, AK, Substantial damage. (-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…
- [Incident 19970427014569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970427014569I), Apr 27, 1997: Cessna 208 (N303GV), Kotzebue, AK. Narrative: on 04/27/97 at 6:25 a Cessna caravan, N303GV, departed Kotzebue, Alaska with the tail stand attached.

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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