# Accident 20170311002999A: Cessna 208B, Kalaupapa, HI, March 11, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 2017, 09:10 local time
- Place: Kalaupapa, HI
- Airport: Kalaupapa
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: MKHA
- Location: 21.2111° N, 156.9736° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.2111&lon=-156.9736&mi=10
- Aircraft: N865MA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N865MA) (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: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,344 total, 19 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA191) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170311002999A

## Narrative

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

N865MA DEPARTED HONOLULU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FOR KALAUPAPA AIRPORT (PHLU).  UPON ARRIVING AT PHLU, THE PILOT PERFORMED A 360 DEGREE TURN FOR SPACING PURPOSE IN RESPONSE TO ANOTHER AIRCRAFT REPORTED ON THE FIELD.  THE PILOT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE OTHER AIRCRAFT HAD NOT CLEARED THE RUNWAY. UPON RECEIVING CONFIRMATION FROM THE OTHER AIRCRAFT THAT IT WAS CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY, N865MA ENTERED AN EXTENDED FINAL FOR LANDING. PASSENGERS REPORTED THE PILOT APPEARED OVERLY CONCERNED WITH THE LOCATION OF THE OTHER AIRCRAFT.

PASSENGER VIDEO SHOWS THE APPROACH TO LANDING APPEARED NORMAL UNTIL SHORT FINAL, AT WHICH TIME THE AIRCRAFT SUNK RAPIDLY AND VIOLENTLY IMPACTED THE RUNWAY.  PASSENGERS REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT THEN BOUNCED AND BRIEFLY BECAME AIRBORNE, STRUCK THE RUNWAY A SECOND TIME, AND BEGAN SLIPPING AND ROLLING SIDE TO SIDE BEFORE COMING TO REST JUST OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, FACING 180 DEGREES OPPOSITE THE LANDING DIRECTION.

INVESTIGATION INDICATES THAT AFTER THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN FOR A SECOND TIME, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. BOTH WING IMPACTED THE GROUND AT SOME POINT WHICH IS INDICATED BY THE UPWARD BEND OF EACH WINGTIP.  MARKINGS ON THE RUNWAY SHOW THE PROP STRUCK MULTIPLE TIMES IN A LOW PITCH CONFIGURATION BEFORE BEING FEATHERED.

THE EVACUATION OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS INITIATED AND PERFORMED BY PASSENGERS WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF THE PILOT WHO REMAINED SEATED THE ENTIRE TIME.  AS A RESULT OF THE HARD LANDING, ONE PASSENGER SUFFERED MINOR CUTS AND BRUISES. TWO OTHER PASSENGERS REPORTED SORENESS AND BACK PAIN SEVERAL DAYS LATER.

## 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 GAA17CA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA191), Mar 11, 2017: Cessna 208 (N865MA), Kalaupapa, HI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's attempted aborted landing late in the landing sequence because she saw another airplane on the runway facing her with its propeller turning, which resulted in a hard landing, a subsequent…

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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