# Accident 20180424004259A: Cessna T303, Batesland, SD, April 24, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2018, 09:59 local time
- Place: Batesland, SD
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BGJA
- Location: 43.1831° N, 102.5600° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1831&lon=-102.5600&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9746C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9746C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T303 (registry code 2073820, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t303) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSI0-520-F-K (registry code 17031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsi0-520-f-k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T303
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR L/TSIO-520 AE
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 3
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,602 total, 56 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA146) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180424004259A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 24, 2018 AT 9:59AM- MDT, A CESSNA 303 OWNED BY ABERDEEN FLYING SERVICE INC. WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHILE EN-ROUTE FROM ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA TO PINE RIDGE, SD ON A 14 CFR 135, ON DEMAND CHARTER FLIGHT. INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) PREVAILED. AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE PIC AND TWO OF THE THREE PASSENGERS RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE PILOT HOLD A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ABERDEEN, SD ON APRIL 24, 2018 AT 9:30AM-CDT. PLEASE NOTE: PILOTS ACTIONS DID NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 CEN18LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA146), Apr 24, 2018: Cessna T303 (N9746C), Pine Ridge, SD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The airplane’s inadvertent encounter with severe icing conditions during descent, which resulted in structural icing, the pilot’s inability to maintain altitude, and an emergency landing.…

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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