# Accident 20190708009419A: Cessna 208B, Bethel, AK, July 8, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2019, 15:05 local time
- Place: Bethel, AK
- Airport: Bethel Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ENHA
- Location: 60.7767° N, 161.8386° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7767&lon=-161.8386&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9448B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9448B-2020-07-27) (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: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,258 total, 788 in this make and model, 179 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC19LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC19LA031) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190708009419A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT?S SPEED WAS ABOVE THE FLIGHT MANUALS RECOMMENDED LANDING SPEED WHICH LED TO A NEED TO PERFORM A GO-AROUND. THE PILOT THEN HEARD A DIRECTION FROM THE TOWER FOR AN IMMEDIATE LEFT TURN. THE AVAILABLE FLIGHT DATA SUGGESTS THE AIRCRAFT AT THE POINT OF THE INITIATED TURN WAS TOO SLOW AND ITS FLIGHT CONTROLS WEREN?T VERIFIED TO BE IN THE GO-AROUND CONFIGURATION WHICH RESULTED IN THE PLANE DEPARTING CONTROLLED FLIGHT.

## 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 ANC19LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC19LA031), Jul 8, 2019: Cessna 208 (N9448B), Bethel, AK, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed while maneuvering during an attempted go-around, which resulted in an exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack and an aerodynamic stall…

## Other reports on N9448B (1)

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

- [Accident 19950302004919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950302004919A), Mar 2, 1995: Cessna 208B (N9448B), Ardmore, OK, Substantial damage. Iced up on approach. Unable to arrest sink rate after breaking out of clouds. Impacted in pasture short of runway.

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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