- Date
- December 19, 1987, 11:55 local (15:55 UTC)
- Place
- Bethel, AK
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 8 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9438FCessna 208
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19871219070739A
- Case key
- 4945
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt had planned to back taxi for takeoff on rwy 36. The tower controller asked if a rwy 18 departure would be acceptable to accommodate an arriving acft & the plt accepted a clnc. He started his takeoff with 3900' remaining on the 6399' rwy. After initial lift-off, the acft would not sustain flt. The plt 'intentionally landed' beyond the end of the rwy on snow covered terrain. Subsequently, the nose gear collapsed & the acft was damaged. An investigation revealed there was a slight tail wind & the acft was aprx 1200 to 1400 lbs over its max wt limit. Also, the leading edges of the wings had some residual in-flt ice that the de-ice boots had not cleared from the previous day's flt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9438F
- Reported as
- Cessna 208
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20800053
- Airframe hours
- 1,179
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-114, 600 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Hermens Air, doing business as Mark Air Express
- Registered owner
- Hermens Markair Express Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · September 9, 1987 · 137 hours before
- Destination
- RSH · Russian Mission, AK
- Airport
- BET · Bethel, runway 18, 6,399 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 24
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,138 total · 360 in this make and model · 2,138 as pilot in command · 238 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 18 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 28.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BET, 5 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.
Other investigations on N9438F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.