# Accident 20131129023719A: Cessna 208B, St Mary'S, AK, November 29, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 2013, 18:25 local time
- Place: St Mary'S, AK
- Airport: St Mary'S
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EPUA
- Location: 62.0508° N, 163.2692° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.0508&lon=-163.2692&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12373, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12373-2015-08-26) (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: 10
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Other injuries: 6
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 1,900 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC14MA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC14MA008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131129023719A

## Narrative

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

CONTROLLED FLIGHT INTO TERRAIN IN MARGINAL VFR WEATHER. IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) IS RESPONSIBLE FOR TERRAIN AND OBSTACLE CLEARANCE (SEE AND AVOID) WHETHER OPERATING UNDER VFR OR IFR.

## 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 ANC14MA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC14MA008), Nov 30, 2013: Cessna 208B (N12373), Saint Marys, AK, substantial damage, 5 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to initiate a visual flight rules approach into an area of instrument meteorological conditions at night and the flight coordinators' release of the flight without discussing 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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