# Incident 20240205000099I: Cessna 208, Bethel, AK, February 5, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 2024, 11:11 local time
- Place: Bethel, AK
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ENHA
- 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: N9539F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9539F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208 (registry code 2073702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 1,305 total, 96 in this make and model, 96 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240205000099I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 5, 2024, ABOUT 1114 LOCAL TIME, PIC STATED THAT SHE WAS CLEARED TO LAND 1L ON BETHEL AIRPORT, AK, WHERE SHE PLANNED TO LAND LONG AND TOUCH DOWN AT TAXIWAY GOLF.  THE PIC ATTEMPTED TO TOUCHDOWN AS SHE REALIZED THAT SHE PASSED TAXIWAY GOLF.  UPON TOUCHDOWN AND TRANSITION TO LANDING ROLLOUT AT TAXIWAY BRAVO, PIC STATED THAT SHE ENCOUNTERED SEVERE WIND SHEAR THAT PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT SIDEWAYS AND DOWN THE RUNWAY.  DURING ROLLOUT WITH FLAPS UP, FUEL CONDITION IN IDLE, THE PIC IMMEDIATELY APPLIED BRAKES.  THE PIC PULLED THE YOKE BACK AND TRIED REVERSE, BUT THE PIC STATED THAT THE WIND SHEAR WAS TOO STRONG.  PIC THEN STATED THAT THE PLANE WAS STILL BEING PUSHED DOWN THE RUNWAY AS THE AIRCRAFT SLID PASS THE END OF THE RUNWAY TO THE RUNOFF AREA.  ONCE COMPLETELY STOPPED, PIC CONDUCTED NORMAL SHUTDOWN, CHECKED ON PASSENGERS, WHICH WERE ALL OK.  PIC NOTED THAT SHE DID NOT HEAR OR SEE ANY DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N9539F (3)

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

- [Incident 20161029022839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161029022839I), Oct 29, 2016: Cessna 208 (N9539F), Dillingham, AK, Minor damage. The aircraft had a brake system failure during landing rollout and taxi to the gate. The aircraft was unable to slow and stop. The aircraft struck a parked…
- [Incident 20010329016639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010329016639I), Mar 29, 2001: Cessna 208 (N9539F), Atlanta, GA, Minor damage. (-23) Brake/tire caught on fire while taxiing for take-off. Fire extinguished with handheld extinguisher. Fire department came out to ensure fire was out. No…
- [Incident 19880608042019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880608042019I), Jun 8, 1988: Cessna 208 (N9539F), Portland, OR, Minor damage. Lightning strike at cruise at 8500 feet. Smoke in cockpit and radar damaged. Landed safely.

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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