# NTSB investigations: Cessna 208B, HI

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB ANC25FA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25FA010.md): Cessna 208B · Honolulu, HI · Accident · 2 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Preliminary report · Dec 18, 2024 · N689KA · Destroyed
  > On December 17, 2024, about 1515 Hawaii-Aleutian Standard time, a turbine-powered Cessna 208B airplane, N689KA, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Honolulu, Hawaii. The two pilots onboard were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as…
- [NTSB DCA23LA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23LA133.md): Boeing 777-222 · Honolulu, HI · Incident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Jan 24, 2023 · N774UA · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > The airport’s continued use of taxiway Kilo, despite an identified risk of pilots repeatedly failing to stop at a hold short line prior to two intersecting runways. Contributing were 1) the operator’s moving map display, which omitted a published restriction…
- [NTSB ANC23LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC23LA012.md): Cessna 208B · Kualapuu, HI · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jan 16, 2023 · N236KA · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate altitude during a circling approach procedure in dark night visual meteorological conditions, which resulted in a collision with terrain.
- [NTSB ANC20LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC20LA003.md): Cessna 208 · Honolulu, HI · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Oct 31, 2019 · N926FE · 2 aircraft · Minor damage
  > The pilot of the Cessna's failure to set the parking brake before diverting his attention inside the airplane, which resulted in his airplane colliding with the airplane ahead of it on the taxiway.
- [NTSB ANC19LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC19LA046.md): Cessna 208B · Lahaina, HI · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Aug 18, 2019 · N879MA · Substantial damage
  > The pilots’ failure to maintain a proper approach speed and their decision to continue the approach for landing, which resulted in the airplane landing long and a subsequent runway overrun.
- [NTSB GAA17CA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA191.md): Cessna 208 · Kalaupapa, HI · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report · Mar 11, 2017 · N865MA · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's attempted aborted landing late in the landing sequence because she saw another airplane on the runway facing her with its propeller turning, which resulted in a hard landing, a subsequent loss of directional control, and ground loop.
- [NTSB OPS16IA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OPS16IA009.md): Cessna 172S · Honolulu, HI · Incident · Class 3 · Incident · Final report · Feb 26, 2016 · N269ME · 2 aircraft · No damage
  > The air traffic controller's decision to clear an aircraft to land on a runway occupied by another aircraft that had previously been instructed to line up and wait. Contributing to the runway incursion was the failure of the air traffic controller to visually…
- [NTSB WPR14FA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14FA068.md): Cessna 208B · Kalaupapa, HI · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 12, 2013 · N687MA · Destroyed
  > The loss of engine power due to the fracture of multiple blades on the compressor turbine wheel, which resulted in a ditching. The reason for the blade failures could not be determined due to secondary thermal damage to the blades.
- [NTSB WPR14FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14FA024.md): Cessna 208 · Wailea, HI · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 22, 2013 · N861MA · Substantial damage
  > Improper maintenance that resulted in contamination of the engine's compressor turbine disc and blade assembly by glass bead remnants, which resulted in a blade failure.
- [NTSB WPR10LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA022.md): Cessna 208B · Molokai, HI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 15, 2009 · N861MA · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the ramp agent to use a tail stand.
- [NTSB ANC04IA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04IA046.md): Cessna 208 · Kalaupapa, HI · Incident · Minor injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Apr 21, 2004 · N302PW · No damage
  > An in-flight encounter with turbulence during cruise flight, which resulted in a minor injury to a passenger. On February 7, 2006, this occurrence was reclassified from an accident to an incident and this narrative was modified.
- [NTSB LAX90LA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90LA110.md): Cessna 208B · Lanai, HI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 6, 1990 · N851FE · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's misjudgement of the glide path angle while executing a forced landing at the Lanai airport. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the pilot to properly secure the oil filter cap prior to departure.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'HI' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2073701', '2073700', '2073705'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2073701&state=HI

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