# Accident 20200204002009A: Cessna 208B, Hooper Bay, AK, February 4, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 2020, 16:00 local time
- Place: Hooper Bay, AK
- Airport: Hooper Bay Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ENHA
- Location: 61.5239° N, 166.1447° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5239&lon=-166.1447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N454SF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N454SF) (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: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 1,495 in this make and model, 170 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC20LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC20LA020) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200204002009A

## Narrative

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

DURING THE INTERVIEW, THE PILOT STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED A TAKE-OFF IN 3 OR MORE INCHES OF WET HEAVY SNOW. DURING THE TAKE-OFF ROLL HE STATED THAT HE WAS NOT ACCELERATING AS EXPECTED AND CONFIRMED THE CONFIGURATION OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS CORRECT BUT DID NOT ABORT THE TAKE-OFF, WHICH CONCLUDED WITH THIS 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 ANC20LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC20LA020), Feb 5, 2020: Cessna 208 (N454SF), Hooper Bay, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to depart from a contaminated runway, and his failure to make a timely decision to abort the takeoff when the airplane was not accelerating as expected. Contributing to the…

## Other reports on N454SF (3)

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

- [Accident 20080115010999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080115010999A), Jan 15, 2008: Cessna 208B (N454SF), Bethel, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot landed at the Bethel, Alaska airport between runway 18 and the taxiway. The aircraft touched down on the tundra collapsing the nose gear,…
- [Accident 20051213030319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051213030319A), Dec 13, 2005: Cessna 208B (N454SF), Newtok, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) On 12/13/05 aircraft N454SF, operated by grant aviation inc. and piloted by [privacy data omitted] drifted off the runway at Newtok, Alaska during the…
- [Accident 20020224015219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020224015219A), Feb 24, 2002: Cessna 208B (N454SF), Tununak, AK, No damage. (-23) The taxi ways could not be plowed causing the pilot to taxi the aircraft onto a snow berm at west edge of the runway, coming to a complete stop, the…

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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