Cessna 208 accident near Dillingham, AK
On October 10, 2001, a Cessna 208 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Dillingham, AK. 10 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- October 10, 2001
- Place
- Dillingham, AK
- Aircraft
- Cessna 208 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 10 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 58.820°N, 157.860°W
- NTSB ID
- 20011010X02069
Official records · DCA02MA003
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On October 10, 2001, about 0926 Alaska daylight time (all times in this brief are Alaska daylight time based on a 24-hour clock), Peninsula Airways, Inc. (PenAir) flight 350, a Cessna CE-208 Caravan, N9530F, crashed shortly after takeoff from the Dillingham Airport (DLG), Dillingham, Alaska. The pilot and nine passengers were killed, and the airplane was destroyed. (One passenger was evacuated to Anchorage, Alaska, but died the next day.) There was no fire. The impact site was located about 0.7 nautical miles (nm) northeast of the departure end of runway 01 at DLG. The accident occurred during daylight hours, and visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The flight was operated by PenAir as a visual flight rules flight in accordance with Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 135 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR). Flight 350 was bound from DLG to King Salmon, Alaska. The pilot of the accident airplane arrived for duty at DLG about 0800 the morning of the accident. The flight coordinator informed the pilot that he would fly N9530F to King Salmon, Alaska, with nine passengers. The airplane had been parked outside on the ramp overnight, and flight 350 was to be its first flight of the day. DLG had experienced light rain and mist for most of the day before the accident. This precipitation turned to light snow and mist about 2016 and continued until about midnight as the first major winter weather of the season passed through the Dillingham area. Temperatures dropped steadily to about -4 degrees C (24 degrees F). S
Probable cause
an in-flight loss of control resulting from upper surface ice contamination that the pilot-in-command failed to detect during his preflight inspection of the airplane. Contributing to the accident was the lack of a preflight inspection requirement for CE-208 pilots to examine at close range the upper surface of the wing for ice contamination when ground icing conditions exist.
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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.
