# Accident 20140408003969A: Cessna 208B, Bethel, AK, April 8, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 2014, 15:56 local time
- Place: Bethel, AK
- Airport: Bethel
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: EPUA
- Location: 60.5247° N, 161.0872° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5247&lon=-161.0872&mi=10
- Aircraft: N126AR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N126AR-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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 14,100 total, 5,600 in this make and model, 352 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC14FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC14FA022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140408003969A

## Narrative

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

PIC AND SIC TRAINEE DEPARTED BETHEL AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 23:35:22Z ON A PART 91 TRAINING FLIGHT.

AT 23:56:50 Z ADS-B DATA CEASED.

AIRCRAFT IMPACTED AT GPS COORDINATES 60°31?29?N 161°05?15?W.

CUT TREE BRANCHES INDICATE A 33° ANGLE ON HEADING OF 141° (TRUE).  ADS-B DATA INDICATE 184 KNOT AIRSPEED AND -16512 FOOT PER MINUTE VERTICAL VELOCITY.  ONE PROPELLER BLADE SHOWS CHORD-WISE MARKINGS AND LARGE DEEP GOUGE WHICH INDICATES PROPELLER WAS TURNING.  IMPACT POINTS OF PROPELLER, LANDING GEAR, BELLY-POD, AND LEFT WING INDICATE AIRCRAFT WAS UPRIGHT AT IMPACT.

ALL FLIGHT CONTROLS WERE PRESENT AT CRASH SITE.  UNABLE TO DETERMINE CONTROL CABLE CONTINUITY IN COCKPIT AREA DUE TO POST-ACCIDENT FIRE.

FORWARD FUSELAGE WAS SHREDDED- EMPTY INSTRUMENT CANS ALL ABOUT ALONG PATH FROM IMPACT POINT TO FINAL RESTING PLACE AS AIRCRAFT CARTWHEELED AND BALLED-UP.

GPS LOCATIONS WITH PARTS LIST AND PHOTOS WAS DOCUMENTED ON SITE.

DETAILED WRECKAGE EXAMINATION DID NOT REVEAL ANY SPECIFIC CAUSE.  FLAP ACTUATOR EXTENSION SHOWED 0 DEGREE FLAP.  TRIM ACTUATORS WERE NOT UNUSUAL.  NO HAMMERING INDICATED ON ANY CONTROL STOPS.

## 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 ANC14FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC14FA022), Apr 8, 2014: Cessna 208B (N126AR), Kwethluk, AK, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The check airman's delayed remedial action and initiation of a recovery procedure after a simulated pitch trim excursion, which resulted in a loss of airplane control.

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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