Cessna 208B accident near Manteo, NC

On December 25, 2002, a Cessna 208B (airplane) was involved in an accident near Manteo, NC. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.

Date

December 25, 2002

Place

Manteo, NC

Aircraft

Cessna 208B · Airplane

Injuries

1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor

Damage

Substantial

Position

35.901°N, 75.733°W

NTSB ID

20021226X05636

Official records · MIA03FA034

• Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation

Air traffic control records

• Transcript of Radio Communications: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
• ATC Information: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov

NTSB summary

HISTORY OF FLIGHT On December 25, 2002, about 0100 eastern standard time, a Cessna 208B, N1122Y, registered to Avion Capital Corporation, and operated by Telford Aviation, Inc., as a 14 CFR Part 91 positioning flight, crashed into Croatan Sound, near Manteo, North Carolina. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and an instrument flight rules flight plan was filed. The airplane received substantial damage and the airline transport-rated pilot was fatally injured. The flight last departed Elizabeth City, North Carolina, the same day, about 0030. A person identifying himself as the pilot of Telford Flight 1279 called the FAA Raleigh Automated Flight Service Station, on December 24, 2002, at 1507, requesting an outlook pilot weather briefing for a 1900 flight from Manteo, North Carolina to Raleigh, North Carolina. The pilot departed Manteo at about 1855, along with another pilot, in N1122Y, operating as Telford Flight 1279. They made a stop in Edenton, North Carolina, to pick up packages, and then continued to Raleigh, arriving about 2036. The other pilot stated that he and the pilot of N1122Y had the airplane refueled at Raleigh, with 20 gallons of fuel added to the left tank and 30 gallons added to the right tank. The other pilot flew back to Manteo with another pilot in another airplane. The accident pilot departed Raleigh by himself in N1122Y at about 2300, to Elizabeth City, North Carolina, as Telford Flight 1280. The flight arrived at Elizabeth City at about 0010, on December 25, 2002, and packages were unload. The aircraft operator stated the pilot w

Probable cause

The pilot's continued descent below the minimum descent altitude, for undetermined reasons, while performing a NDB approach, resulting in the airplane crashing into water 1.5 miles from the airport. A factor in the accident was a cloud ceiling below the minimum descent altitude and low visibility.

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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.