Cessna 208B accident near Maiden, NC
On January 9, 1998, a Cessna 208B (airplane) was involved in an accident near Maiden, NC. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- January 9, 1998
- Place
- Maiden, NC
- Aircraft
- Cessna 208B · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 35.570°N, 81.201°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X09476
NTSB summary
History of the Flight On January 9, 1998, about 1704 eastern standard time, a Cessna 208B, N913FE, registered to Federal Express Corporation, and operated by Mountain Air Cargo, Inc., crashed during takeoff from Little Mountain Airport, Maiden, North Carolina, while on a Title 14 CFR Part 91 positioning flight to Greensboro, North Carolina. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft was destroyed and the commercial-rated pilot was fatally injured. The flight was originating at the time of the accident. Company records showed that on the date of the accident, the accident pilot flew a roundtrip revenue flight from Greensboro to Wilmington, North Carolina, between 0704 and 0929. According to the pilot's family, he then drove home to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, from Greensboro. At about 1230, the pilot was called to go back to Greensboro to position a Cessna 208B, N769FE, from Greensboro to Huntington, West Virginia, position a Cessna 208B, N749FX, from Huntington to the maintenance base at Maiden, and position a Cessna 208B, N913FE, from Maiden to Greensboro. The pilot departed Greensboro in N769FE, under an instrument flight rules flight plan, at about 1400 and arrived at Huntington at about 1520. A witness on the ground at Huntington stated that when the accident pilot arrived in N769FE, he seemed to be in a hurry. The witness stated he was towing N749FX, the aircraft the pilot was to depart in, from the parking area and the pilot would not wait for him to stop before loading his flight bag. As he was towing N769FE bac
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to remove the control lock prior to takeoff and his failure to abort the takeoff when he was unable to initiate a climb, resulting in the aircraft over running the runway and colliding with trees on the departure end of the runway. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's self-induced pressure to arrive at his destination to attend a family affair.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
