# Incident 20180219002809I: Cessna 208B, Bethel, AK, February 19, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 2018, 17:30 local time
- Place: Bethel, AK
- Airport: Bethel
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EPUA
- Location: 60.7922° N, 161.7558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bethel, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7922&lon=-161.7558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1296Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1296Y) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180219002809I

## Narrative

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

PIC WAS RETURNING TO BET AIRPORT FROM EEK, ISOLATED MODERATE ICING FROM 10,000 TO 17,000 WAS FORECAST.  DEICE/ANTI-ICE EQIUPMENT WAS OPERATING AND NO ACCUMULATION WAS NOTICED DURING THE PREVIOUS FLIGHT.  UPON REACHING CRUISE ALT AT 5000' ICE BEGAN TO ACCUMULATE AND SPEED DECREASED FROM 135 TO 120KTS.  PIC NOTICED RAPID INCREASE OF MIXED ICING WITHIN 1.5 MINUTES.  PIC INFORMED ATC THEY WERE UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALT AND GOT A LOWER BLOCK ASSIGNED.  PIC REQUESTED LOWER DUE TO THE ICE ACCUMULATION AND DECLARED EMERGENGY, ICE SHED AT 2500'.  AT 2000' FLIGHT PROCEDED AS NORMAL.  AFTER FLIGHT, NWS UPDATED FORECAST TO INCLUDE ISOLATED SEVERE ICING BELOW 3000'.

## Other reports on N1296Y (1)

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

- [Incident 20230223001939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230223001939I), Feb 23, 2023: Cessna 208B (N1296Y), Anchorage, AK, No damage. Asap accepted. Suspected auto-pilot failure when intercepting the localizer for landing, (all controls became stiff and the aircraft went into a nose down…

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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