# NTSB ANC14CA036: Cessna 208B, N1275N, Aniak, AK, May 15, 2014 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: May 14, 2014, 20:50 local (May 15, 2014, 04:50 UTC) - Place: Aniak, AK - Coordinates: 61.575832, -159.535003 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5758&lon=-159.5350&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Taxi: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report September 30, 2014 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office - NTSB case key (mKey): 89353 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC14CA036 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/89353/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=89353 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC14CA036 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a forklift while taxiing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Attention/monitoring: task monitoring/vigilance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021520): Personnel issues › Psychological · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 208B, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021520/cases.md?model=2073701), [All aircraft, 330 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021520/cases.md) - [Object/animal/substance: ground vehicle](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022025): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Contributed to outcome; cases with it: [Cessna 208B, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022025/cases.md?model=2073701), [All aircraft, 132 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022025/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Taxi: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 208B, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md?model=2073701), [All aircraft, 618 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md) ## Analysis After unloading the airplane, the pilot did a walk around, then started the engine. As he began taxiing for takeoff, he misjudged the distance from the horizontal stabilizer and a fork lift that was parked near the cargo door. The horizontal stabilizer hit the forklift sustaining substantial damage. The operator stated that there were no mechanical anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Factual narrative After unloading the airplane, the pilot did a walk around, then started the engine. As he began taxiing for takeoff, he misjudged the distance from the horizontal stabilizer and a fork lift that was parked near the cargo door. The horizontal stabilizer hit the forklift sustaining substantial damage. The operator stated that there were no mechanical anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N1275N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1275N-2022-03-07), registration cancelled 2022-03-07, S/N 208B0756, built 1999 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B (B) - Registry model: [Cessna 208B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (registry code 2073701) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney PT6A series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (registry code 52032, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 208B0756 - Year built: 1999 - Airframe hours: 14608 - Engines: P&W PT6A SER turbo prop - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Part 135 - Operator: Hageland Aviation Services Inc, doing business as RAVN Alaska DBA Ravn Connect - Registered owner: Icecap LLC Trustee - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: AAIP, May 13, 2014 - Departed: ANI, Aniak, AK - Destination: BET, BETHEL, AK - Airport: ANI, Aniak - Equipment: Stall warning system ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 35; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, without waivers/limitations; last flight review October 26, 2013; flight hours: 6,101 total, 2,002 in this make and model, 5,349 as pilot in command, 246 in the last 90 days, 83 in the last 30 days, 0 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 10° at 3 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 25 °F - Altimeter: 30.36 inHg - Observed at: PANI ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20140514008469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140514008469A), May 14, 2014: Cessna 208B, Aniak, AK, Substantial damage. On may 14, 2014 at approximately 2100 Alaska local time, the pilot of CE-208B, N1275N taxied forward from parking on the hageland ramp at the Aniak, AK airport… ## Docket (1 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 18, 2014, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=89353. 791 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 791 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40416697&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. 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