# Accident 20200207002779A: Cessna 208B, Baltimore, MD, February 7, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 2020, 04:15 local time
- Place: Baltimore, MD
- Airport: Baltimore/Washington International Thur
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: MTNA
- Location: 39.1758° N, 76.6689° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1758&lon=-76.6689&mi=10
- Aircraft: N988FX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N988FX) (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: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,011 total, 400 in this make and model, 62 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20CA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200207002779A

## Narrative

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

ON 02/07/2020 AT APPROXIMATELY 0415 LOCAL TIME, MOUNTAIN AIR CARGO FLIGHT 8308 (MTNA8308) CONDUCTED A FLIGHT FROM NEWARK LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (EWR) TO BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL THURGOOD MARSHALL AIRPORT (BWI).  WHILE CONDUCTING THE ILS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 10 AT BWI, N988FX, A CESSNA 208 AIRCRAFT, IMPACTED THE RWY 10 APPROACH LIGHTS AND THE FAR FIELD MONITOR, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HOLDER OF COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, INITIATED THE INSTRUMENT APPROACH AFTER RECEIVING REPORTS FROM ATC OF THE RVR BEING BELOW THE REQUIRED MINIMUMS.  THE LOWEST PRESCRIBED MINIMUMS FOR THE ILS OR LOC RWY 10 APPROACH INTO BWI IS 1800RVR.

ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT PROVIDED BY THE DIRECTOR OF SAFETY AND THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS FOR MOUNTAIN AIR CARGO, WHO INTERVIEWED THE PILOT AFTER THE EVENT AND RECORDED IT ON NTSB FORM 6120.1, THE PIC STATED THAT HE GOT THE ATIS TWICE ON THE FLIGHT FROM EWR TO BWI.  THE PIC INDICATED THAT THE FIRST ATIS HE RECEIVED REPORTED VERTICAL VISIBILITY AT 200 FEET AND 1600 RVR, OVER PHILADELPHIA. ATIS WAS OBTAINED A SECOND TIME WHEN HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO POTOMAC APPROACH. THE PIC INDICATED THAT THE SECOND ATIS REPORTED VERTICAL VISIBILITY AT 200 FEET AND 1000 RVR.

AT 0907Z, POTOMAC APPROACH ISSUED MTNA8308 THE RVR FOR RUNWAY 10 AT 1000 FOR TOUCHDOWN, MIDPOINT AND ROLLOUT.  AT 0912Z, MTNA 8308 WAS 7 MILES FROM JEAN AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN 2000 FEET UNTIL ESTABLISHED ON THE LOCALIZER, CLEARED FOR THE ILS 10 APPROACH.  AT 0914Z, POTOMAC APPROACH INSTRUCTED THE PILOT TO CONTACT BALTIMORE TOWER 119.4.

AT 0914Z, MTNA8308 CHECKED IN WITH BALTIMORE TOWER ON THE ILS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 10.  BALTIMORE TOWER THEN CLEARED THE AIRCRAFT TO LAND RUNWAY 10 WITH AN RVR OF 1000.  AT 0919Z, TOWER QUERIED MTNA8308 ABOUT MAKING A RIGHT TURN OFF AT GULF FROM THE RUNWAY INDICATING THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON THE GROUND.

AT 0943 TOWER RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM FEDEX REPORTING THAT MTNA8308 HIT SOMETHING BIG AND REFLECTIVE WHILE LANDING AND PUT A HOLE RIGHT THROUGH THE AIRCRAFT.  TOWER THEN RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM THE PILOT AT 0944 STATING THAT SOMETHING HIT HIM WHILE HE WAS LANDING AND DAMAGED THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 ERA20CA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA095), Feb 7, 2020: Cessna 208 (N988FX), Baltimore, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the approach lights during an instrument approach.

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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