# NTSB ANC14CA044: Cessna 208B, N208SM, Egegik, AK, June 20, 2014 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: June 19, 2014, 18:30 local (Jun 20, 2014, 02:30 UTC) - Place: Egegik, AK - Coordinates: 58.273056, -157.537506 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.2731&lon=-157.5375&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Takeoff: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report September 24, 2014 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 89496 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC14CA044 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/89496/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=89496 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC14CA044 ## Probable cause The pilot's loss of situational awareness during the takeoff roll resulting in a collision with a refrigeration trailer. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Perception/orientation/illusion: situational awareness](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02022035): Personnel issues › Psychological · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 208B, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02022035/cases.md?model=2073701), [All aircraft, 111 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02022035/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: use of policy/procedure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063032): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot; cases with it: [Cessna 208B, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063032/cases.md?model=2073701), [All aircraft, 191 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063032/cases.md) - [Object/animal/substance: debris/dirt/foreign object](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022055): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Response/compensation; cases with it: [Cessna 208B, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022055/cases.md?model=2073701), [All aircraft, 101 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022055/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. - [Takeoff: 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) - [Takeoff: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cessna 208B, 20 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2073701), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot was departing from a road lined with refrigeration trailers located on a tidal beach. He said that during the takeoff roll he noticed a red buoy located in his departure path. He reduced the throttle and attempted to maneuver around the buoy striking the right wing on a refrigeration trailer. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing. The pilot stated that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or anomalies that would have precluded normal operation. In the recommendation section of the NTSB Accident/Incident Reporting Form 6120.1, the operator stated that the accident may have been prevented if the pilot had followed company policy and walked the beach to look for obstructions prior to departure. ## Factual narrative The pilot was departing from a road lined with refrigeration trailers located on a tidal beach. He said that during the takeoff roll he noticed a red buoy located in his departure path. He reduced the throttle and attempted to maneuver around the buoy striking the right wing on a refrigeration trailer. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing. The pilot stated that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or anomalies that would have precluded normal operation. In the recommendation section of the NTSB Accident/Incident Reporting Form 6120.1, the operator stated that the accident may have been prevented if the pilot had followed company policy and walked the beach to look for obstructions prior to departure. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N208SM](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N208SM), registered now, S/N 208B0749, 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: 208B0749 - Year built: 1999 - Airframe hours: 18403 - Engines: P&W PT6A SER 675 horsepower turbo prop - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Positioning, Part 91 - Operator: Grant Aviation Inc, doing business as Grant Aviation - Registered owner: Larkspur Fund, Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: AAIP, June 18, 2014 - Departed: IGG, Egegik, AK - Destination: BETHEL, AK - Flight plan: Company VFR - Equipment: Stall warning system ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 25; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; last flight review February 15, 2014; seat: left; flight hours: 1,963 total, 841 in this make and model, 1,635 as pilot in command, 214 in the last 90 days, 97 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 280° at 5 knots - Lowest ceiling: 4,000 ft overcast - Temperature: 52 °F, dew point 46 °F - Altimeter: 29.87 inHg - Observed at: PAII, 7 nm away ## 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 20140619010189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140619010189A), Jun 19, 2014: Cessna 208B, Egegik, AK, Substantial damage. The pilot in command failed to maintain adequate obstruction clearance from a known object - a steel conex storage container - and struck it with the right… ## Docket (1 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 2, 2014, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=89496. 648 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 648 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40415908&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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