# Incident 20181113017219I: Cessna 208B, Bethel, AK, November 13, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 13, 2018, 19:10 local time
- Place: Bethel, AK
- Airport: Bethel
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- 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: N750RV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N750RV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-140 (registry code 51499, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-140
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181113017219I

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 13, 2018, AT APPROXIMATELY 1910, A DISABLED PASSENGER IN A WHEELCHAIR AND A RAMP SERVICE AGENT (RSA) FELL FROM A BAGGAGE BOX THAT WAS BEING USED TO OFFLOAD THE PASSENGER FROM THE REAR CARGO DOOR OF A CE-208-B. A FORKLIFT WAS USED TO LIFT THE BAGGAGE BOX. THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES IN THE FALL, THE RSA WAS NOT INJURED.

THE BAGGAGE BOX WAS NOT PROPERLY SECURED TO THE FORKLIFT, THE WEIGHT IN THE BOX SHIFTED AND THE BOX BECAME UNBALANCED AND FELL TOWARDS THE LEFT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT AND FIRST STRUCK THE UPPER PORTION OF THE CARGO DOOR AND THEN THE LEFT FLAP, CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH. THE BOX CONTINUED TO FALL, STRIKING THE GROUND ON ITS LEFT SIDE, THE OCCUPANTS FELL WITH THE BOX. THE RSA PERSONNEL CALLED THE RAMP SUPERVISOR WHO ASSISTED THE PASSENGER. THE PASSENGER AND THE RSA WERE SENT TO THE BETHEL HOSPITAL ER.

TO ENSURE THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN HAGELAND MANAGEMENT PUT OUT AN EMAIL TO ALL STATION MANGER STATING THAT IF PASSENGERS CAN NOT LOAD THROUGH NORMAL DOORS THEN THEY WILL NOT FLY.  ALSO WAS BRIEFED BY THE CHIEF PILOT TO ALL FLIGHT CREWS AT THE MONTHLY CALL-IN MEETING.  THIS WAS POSTED AND BROADCASTED THROUGHOUT ALL STATIONS.

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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