Cessna 208 N302PW

Summary

On 21 April 2004 at about 01:35 local time, a Cessna 208 registered N302PW, operated by Pacific Wings, was involved in an incident near Kalaupapa, Hawaii, United States. 5 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

21 April 2004 at 01:35

Classification

Incident

Location

Kalaupapa, Hawaii, United States

Coordinates

21.1891, -156.9796

Aircraft

Cessna 208

Registration

N302PW

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Pacific Wings

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Kahului → Honolulu

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC04IA046

1 person had minor injuries.

An in-flight encounter with turbulence during cruise flight, which resulted in a minor injury to a passenger. On February 7, 2006, this occurrence was reclassified from an accident to an incident and this narrative was modified.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The commercial pilot was conducting a scheduled commuter flight between the Hawaiian Islands of Maui and Oahu with four passengers. The flight route was along the northern shores of the mountainous island of Molokai. The pilot climbed the airplane to 2,500 feet msl for the flight between the two island communities. Once the flight was within gliding distance of the northern shore of Molokai, the flight descended to 1,000 feet msl to allow the passengers a view of the coastline on the left side of the airplane. The coastline along the northern shore of Molokai has a 3,000-foot high cliff. As the flight progressed westbound along the coastline, the airplane encountered turbulence and dropped abruptly. During the turbulence, a passenger seated in the rear-most row of seats, on the right side of the airplane, struck his head on an air vent located just above his seat, and sustained a scalp laceration. Immediately after the turbulence encounter, the pilot climbed the airplane and proceeded directly to the flight's destination airport of Honolulu, and landed without further incident. After arrival in Honolulu, the passenger was transported by ambulance to a local hospital. On February 7, 2006, this occurrence was reclassified from an accident to an incident and this narrative was modified.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.