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NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 208 · Kalaupapa, HI · March 11, 2017

Accident · Minor injuriesClass 4 · Data collectionFinal report
Date
March 11, 2017, 08:30 local (18:30 UTC)
Place
Kalaupapa, HI
Injuries
2 minor, 7 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Approach
Aircraft
N865MACessna 208
Defining event
Approach-VFR go-around: Loss of control in flight
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed · report October 17, 2017
Report
Approved by Office Director
Investigation class
Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
NTSB office
General Aviation Accidents
Parties
FAA
FAA report
20170311002999A
Case key
94884

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Probable cause

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.

Findings · 4

NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.

Performance/control parameters: directional controlAircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintainedCessna 208B: 8 casesAll aircraft: 3,958 casesProbable cause
Use of equip/info: aircraft controlPersonnel issues › Task performance · PilotCessna 208B: 19 casesAll aircraft: 9,295 casesProbable cause
Object/animal/substance: aircraftEnvironmental issues › Physical environment · Effect on operationCessna 208B: 1 caseAll aircraft: 116 casesProbable cause
Aircraft capability: climb capabilityAircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Capability exceededCessna 208B: 1 caseAll aircraft: 183 casesProbable cause

Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Analysis

**This report was modified on September 17, 2020. Please see the public docket for this accident to view the original report.** The pilot of the commuter airplane reported that she was going to establish an approach and landing on runway 05 at an airport with a single runway and no taxiways. While on a 7-mile final, she communicated with the pilot of an airplane that was on short final for the same airport. The pilot that was on short final reported that he would report when he was clear of the runway, and he did. The commuter pilot acknowledged the other pilot's clear-of-runway transmission and initiated the approach. As the pilot began the transition to land, she noticed that the airplane that she had communicated with was not clear of the runway. The airplane on the ground was near the runway 23 numbers with the propeller turning facing toward her landing airplane. She aborted the landing, but the airplane did not climb. The airplane impacted the runway hard and bounced. She reported that, when the airplane touched down after the bounce, she "applied left rudder pedal to steer the aircraft off the runway and out of the way of the other aircraft's possible flight path." The airplane exited the left side of the runway and ground-looped to the left. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right side of the fuselage and the right wing. Markings on the runway show the propeller struck the runway multiple times in a low pitch configuration before it became feathered. After the groundloop, the pilot of the airplane near the runway 23 numbers attempted to take off. He was contacted via radio transmission by the airport manager and told that the runway was closed until further notice. According to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) safety inspector, the FAA’s postaccident examination of the accident airplane determined that there were no preimpact mechanical anomalies with the airplane that would have prevented normal operation.

Aircraft

Registration
N865MA
Reported as
Cessna 208
Category
Airplane
Serial number
208B0996
Built
2002
Engine
P&W PT6A SER, 675 horsepower, turbo prop
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Part 135
Operator
Schuman Aviation Co. Ltd, doing business as Makana Kai Air
Registered owner
Schuman Aviation Co. Ltd
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal; Standard, Commuter
Departed
PHNL · Honolulu, HI
Destination
PHLU · Kalaupapa, HI
Airport
LUP · Kalaupapa, runway 05, 2,700 × 75 ft, asphalt
Equipment
Stall warning system, Electronic primary flight display, Auto-pilot, Angle of attack indicator

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
49
Injuries
Minor
Certificates
Commercial, Flight instructor
Airplane ratings
Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
Instrument ratings
Airplane
Medical
Class 1, With waivers/limitations
Last flight review
February 28, 2017
Seat
Left
Toxicology
Performed
Flight hours
2,002 total · 31 in this make and model · 1,674 as pilot in command · 44 in the last 90 days · 24 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
200° at 6 knots
Visibility
10 statute miles
Temperature
81 °F, dew point 70 °F
Altimeter
29.98 inHg
Observed at
PHMK, 8 nm away

Docket · 10

The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 1, 2017, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 43.5 MB in all.

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 N865MA · 1

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