20171025024799I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 208B · Galena, AK · October 25, 2017

Date
October 25, 2017 · 12:40 local
Place
Galena, AK
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
HYTA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N143WA
Reported as
Cessna 208B
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-140
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
12,320 total8,200 in this make and model352 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

While attemting to make a left turn on an icy ramp the left brake locked, the pilot applied reverse thrust but the prop didn't go into reverse and instead caused the air raft to lurch forward and strike a shed.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE ATTEMTING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ON AN ICY RAMP THE LEFT BRAKE LOCKED, THE PILOT APPLIED REVERSE THRUST BUT THE PROP DIDN'T GO INTO REVERSE AND INSTEAD CAUSED THE AIR RAFT TO LURCH FORWARD AND STRIKE A SHED.