# Incident 20230908015199I: Cessna 208B, Manokotak, AK, September 8, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 2023, 16:45 local time
- Place: Manokotak, AK
- Airport: Manokotak
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ENHA
- Location: 58.9321° N, 158.9019° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MANOKOTAK (MBA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.9321&lon=-158.9019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N410GV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N410GV) (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
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 17,623 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230908015199I

## Narrative

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

A PASSENGER WAS SITTING IN THE FRONT RIGHT SEAT OF A GRANT AVIATION CE-208 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE PASSENGER WAS ASLEEP AND STARTED LEANING FORWARD TOUCHING THE CONTROL YOKE. THE PILOT PUSHED HIM BACKWARDS AND TRIED TO WAKE HIM. THEY WERE ON APPROACH TO THE MANOKOTA AIRPORT. THE PASSENGER WOKE UP AND ATTEMPTED TO PULL THE THROTTLE AND PROPELLER LEVERS. THE PILOT STOPPED HIM. THE PASSENGER STARTED TO ASSAULT THE PILOT BUT WAS RESTRAINED BY ANOTHER PASSENGER SITTING BEHIND HIM. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AND ONCE AGAIN THE PASSENGER ATTEMPTED TO PULL THE CONTROL LEVERS. THIS DISRUPTED THE PILOT AND THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO VEER OFF TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THERE WAS ANOTHER ALTERCATION WITH THE PILOT. THE PASSENGER WAS RESTRAINED AGAIN. THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED SAFELY TO THE RAMP. AN ENFORCEMENT ACTION HAS BEEN STARTED AGAINST THE PASSENGER WHO APPEARED TO BE INTOXICATED.

## Other reports on N410GV (2)

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

- [Accident 20030709036369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030709036369A), Jul 9, 2003: Cessna 208B (N410GV), Kotzebue, AK. (-23) Airman harris stated that while in cruise flight at approximately 4,500 feet he removed his seatbelt and went to the rear of the aircraft to "stretch his…
- [Incident 20000915031659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000915031659I), Sep 15, 2000: Cessna 208B (N410GV), Kasigluk, AK, Minor damage. (-23)During rollout at Kasigluk, AK (Z09) found minimal braking on rmlg and no breaking on lmlg. Pilot pulled power lever into reverse while maintaining…

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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