# Accident 20180411010499A: Cessna 208B, Atqasuk, AK, April 11, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 2018, 08:30 local time
- Place: Atqasuk, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EPUA
- Location: 70.4897° N, 157.5047° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=70.4897&lon=-157.5047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N814GV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N814GV) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 7,713 total, 800 in this make and model, 230 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC18LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC18LA031) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180411010499A

## Narrative

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

A CE-208B FLYING FROM BARROW, AK TO ATQTASUK, AK CRASHED 2 MILES NORTH WEST OF ATQTASUK, AK AIRPORT.

## 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 ANC18LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC18LA031), Apr 11, 2018: Cessna 208B (N814GV), Atqasuk, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to continue a visual flight rules flight into an area of instrument meteorological conditions and his subsequent failure to level the airplane after the autopilot disconnected,…

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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