# Incident 20171018024209I: Cessna 208B, Bradford, PA, October 18, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 2017, 17:10 local time
- Place: Bradford, PA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: 141A
- Location: 41.9610° N, 78.6409° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bradford, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9610&lon=-78.6409&mi=10
- Aircraft: N900JA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N900JA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A (registry code 52257, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-114a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-114A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 550 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171018024209I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED IN VFR CONDITIONS FROM BRADFORD, PA (KBFD)TO PITTSBURG INTERNATIONAL, PA (KPIT) ON OCTOBER 19, 2017.  THE SIC (PILOT FLYING) ASKED THE PIC (PILOT NOT FLYING), TO RETRIEV THEIR SUNGLASSES FROM A BAG LOCATED BEHIND THE SIC'S SEAT.  THE PIC COULD NOT LOCATE THE SUNGLASSES.  THE SIC ELECTED TO REACH BACK AND GET THE SUNGLASSES THEMSELVES, AND IN DOING SO, ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFTS NOSE TO PITCH UP.   THE NOSE UP CONDITION CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO CLIMB SLIGHTLY AND THEREFORE, EXCEEDING THE ASSIGNED ALTITUDE OF 6000 FEET BY 300 FEET.

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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