# Accident 20170804010309A: Cessna 208B, Mulino, OR, August 4, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2017, 14:00 local time
- Place: Mulino, OR
- Airport: Mulino State
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.2147° N, 122.5889° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2147&lon=-122.5889&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9829B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9829B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA490](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA490) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170804010309A

## Narrative

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

PIC STATED AIRCRAFT HAD NO DISCREPANCIES.  AFTER DROPPING SYDIVERS PILOT BEGAN DESCENT EAST OF AIRPORT WITH POWER AT IDLE, PROP FULL FORWARD.  AT 2500 FEET PILOT ADDED POWER TO REDUCE RATE OF DESCENT ENTERING PATTERN AT 1500 FEET.  PILOT STATES HE APPLIED 10 DEGREES OF FLAP ABEAM THE NUMBERS.  AIRCRAFT CARRYING 400 TO 600 POUNDS OF TORQUE.  PILOT STATES HE APPLIED ANOTHER 10 DEGREES OF FLAPS WHILE TURNING FINAL CROSSING THE NUMBERS (32) AT ABOUT 90 KNOTS AND REDUCING POWER.  WHEN PILOT BEGAN FLARE HE STATED THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH ELEVATOR AUTHORITY TO EFFECTIVELY ARREST THE DESCENT RATE.  NOSE TIRE IMPACTED JUST PAST AND LEFT OF FIRST CENTERLINE STRIP CAUSING NOSE TIRE AND TUBE TO BURST FOLLOWED BY WHEEL ASSEMBLY SHATTERING.  NOSE LANDING GEAR SPRING BROKE. AIRCRAFT BOUNCED BACK INTO AIR AND LANDED AGAIN RIGHT OF CENTERLINE APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET UP THE RUNWAY.  REMNANTS OF NOSE WHEEL AND NOSE LANDING GEAR SPRING BROKE AWAY FROM COLLAPSING NOSE LANDING GEAR.  PROPELLER BLADES INPACTED RUNWAY AND BENT AND BROKE AS AIRCRAFT SLID OFF THE RUNWAY INTO THE DIRT ABOUT ANOTHER 250 FEET.  PILOT SHUT OFF FUEL AND MASTER SWITCHES.  GROUND PERSONNEL APPROACHED THE AIRCRAFT AND ASSISTED PILOT OUT OF AIRCRAFT.

PHOTOS OF THE AIRCRAFT TAKEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED SHOW FLAPS IN FULL UP POSITION.

## 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 GAA17CA490](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA490), Aug 4, 2017: Cessna 208 (N9829B), Mulino, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing.

## Other reports on N9829B (4)

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

- [Incident 20180622008399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180622008399I), Jun 22, 2018: Cessna 208B (N9829B), Palmer, AK, No damage, 1 fatal. Parachutist landed in the matanuska river. Both main and reserve chutes deployed. Individual pulled from river unresponsive. Parachutes and harness were…
- [Incident 20000713028529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000713028529I), Jul 13, 2000: Cessna 208B (N9829B), Monticello, IL. (-23)Igl 1920000027-N9829B, a Cessna 208 operated by mid-atlantic freight inc., certificate number [privacy data omitted], was flying on an flight plan at 0800…
- [Incident 19980109002169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980109002169I), Jan 9, 1998: Cessna 208 (N9829B), Salt Lake City, UT, Minor damage. Narrative: one and one half miles on final to rwy 17, struck bird(s). Minor damage to leading edge of wing. Special flight permit issued to fly the aircraft to…
- [Incident 19920311010729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920311010729I), Mar 11, 1992: Cessna 208B (N9829B), Buffalo, NY. Pilot taxied onto the snow to the right of taxiway. Became stuck in mud.

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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