Cessna 208B accident near Cody, WY
On October 29, 2003, a Cessna 208B (airplane) was involved in an accident near Cody, WY. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- October 29, 2003
- Place
- Cody, WY
- Aircraft
- Cessna 208B · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 44.502°N, 109.036°W
- NTSB ID
- 20031103X01851
Official records · DEN04MA015
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- Transcript of Radio Communications: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On October 29, 2003, at 0854 mountain standard time, a Cessna 208B, N791FE, registered to Federal Express Corporation (hereinafter referred to as FedEx) of Memphis, Tennessee, and operated by Corporate Air, Inc., of Billings, Montana, as Airspur flight 8773, was destroyed when it impacted terrain and water during a circling approach to Yellowstone Regional Airport (COD), Cody, Wyoming. The airline transport certificated pilot, the sole occupant on board, was fatally injured. Instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) prevailed, and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan had been filed for the nonscheduled domestic cargo flight being conducted under Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 135. The airplane departed Natrona County International Airport (CPR), Casper, Wyoming, approximately 0730. According to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) documents, at 0800, the Salt Lake City Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) asked the pilot of Airspur 8773 if he would be able to execute the VOR (Very high frequency Omnidirectional Radio Range) instrument approach to Cody. The pilot said he could, but he wanted to "hold for awhile to see if [the weather] gets a little better" [according to the 0815 COD METAR (Aviation Routine Weather Report), the visibility was 1.75 statute miles and there was a 200-foot overcast ceiling]. He was cleared to hold north of the Cody VOR at 12,000 feet msl. At 0814, the pilot filed the following PIREP (Pilot Report) with the Casper Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS): "Over Cody; 0814; 12,000 feet; Cessna 208; sk
Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. Contributing factors include the pilot's failure to divert to an alternate airport, an inadvertent stall, and the snow and icing conditions.
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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.
