# Incident 20150130000629I: Cessna 208B, Seattle, WA, January 30, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 2015, 06:41 local time
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Airport: Seattle-Tacoma International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: COEA
- Location: 47.4499° N, 122.3118° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SEATTLE-TACOMA INTL (SEA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4499&lon=-122.3118&mi=10
- Aircraft: N720FX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N720FX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 12,000 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150130000629I

## Narrative

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

A CESSNA 208B CARAVAN N720FX WAS DESCENDING ON THE ILS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 16L AT SEATTLE TACOMA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KSEA) AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 LOCAL. THE RUNWAY VISUAL RANGE (RVR) FELL BETWEEN 700 AND 1000 FEET DUE TO FOG. THE AIRFIELD WAS IN SMGCS PROCEDURES AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. PILOT REPORTED SEEING THE APPROACH LIGHTS FROM TEN MILES OUT. ON SHORT FINAL HE TRANSITIONED TO VISUAL REFERENCES THEN LOST GLIDE SLOPE REFERENCE, HE CONTINUED HIS DESCENT. HE REALIZED THERE WAS NO LEAD IN SEQUENCING LIGHTS AND THOUGHT HE WAS OVER THE TOUCH DOWN ZONE. HE CONTINUED TO DESCEND AND DISCONNECTED THE AUTO PILOT AT DECISION HEIGHT. HE PULLED THE POWER BACK THEN REALIZED HE WAS TOO LOW AND NOT OVER THE TOUCH DOWN ZONE. HE ADDED POWER THEN HEARD A COUPLE THUDS AND SAW RUNWAY RED TERMINATING BARS AND THE RUNWAY SURFACE. HE THEN MADE THE DECISION TO LAND. THE MAIN GEAR TOUCH DOWN WAS NORMAL. WHEN THE NOSE GEAR TOUCHED DOWN THE AIRCRAFT MADE A SUDDEN UN-COMMANDED HARD TURN TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT AND WENT OFF THE RUNWAY AND CROSSED THE GRASS MEDIAN AND STOPPED AT THE EDGE OF TAXIWAY ?B?. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK AND DESTROYED STATIONS 6, 7, AND 8 IN THE APPROACH LIGHT SYSTEM. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT NOSE GEAR, MAIN LANDING GEAR, PROP, RIGHT HAND FLAP, CARGO POD, CARGO DOOR, AND RIGHT AND LEFT FUSELAGE. THE AIRCRAFT HAD TO BE TOWED OFF THE TAXI WAY TO PARKING.

## Other reports on N720FX (1)

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

- [Incident 20220927013489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220927013489I), Sep 27, 2022: Cessna 208B (N720FX), Houston, TX, Minor damage. BVN7759 (showme 7759), a Cessna C208,[privacy data omitted], made a 180 turn on runway 8L without ATC authorization and struck a taxiway light. The C208 landed…

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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