Cessna 208B accident near Bismarck, ND
On April 7, 1998, a Cessna 208B (airplane) was involved in an accident near Bismarck, ND. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- April 7, 1998
- Place
- Bismarck, ND
- Aircraft
- Cessna 208B · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 46.801°N, 100.761°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X09806
Official records · CHI98FA119
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- ATC Information and Transcripts: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On April 7, 1998, at 0838 central daylight time (cdt), a Cessna 208B, N868FE, registered to Federal Express Corporation, and operated by Corporate Air, of Billings, Montana, as FedEx Flight 8738, was destroyed following a loss of control and collision with the terrain. The airplane was on the ILS approach to Runway 31 at the Bismarck Municipal Airport, Bismarck, North Dakota, when the accident occurred. The commercial pilot received fatal injuries. The 14 CFR Part 135 flight was operating on an IFR flight plan. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight departed Grand Forks, North Dakota, at 0728 cdt, with 2,710 pounds of cargo on a regular scheduled flight to Bismarck. Two other Corporate Air flights, also being operated as FedEx cargo flights, departed Grand Forks shortly after N868FE. Both of these airplanes were destined for Bismarck. N868FE was cleared to climb to 6,000 feet mean sea level (msl) after takeoff from Grand Forks. Shortly after takeoff the pilot requested a climb to 8,000 feet msl due to icing. The pilot was issued a climb to 7,000 feet msl. N868FE then contacted Minneapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center and stated to the controller that he was not picking up any more ice at 7,000 feet msl and that he was on top of the clouds. The pilot informed the controller that the ice he had picked up was mixed and that it was like wet droplets running back over the wing and freezing. The pilot of N868FE was instructed to contact Bismarck Approach Control who issued vectors and cleared N868FE for the ILS Runway 31 approach. The pil
Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the approach which resulted in an inadvertant stall. Factors associated with the accident were the icing conditions and the pilot's low level experience in this make and model of airplane.
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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.
