Cessna 208B N732MD

Summary

On 17 July 2013 at about 13:00 local time, a Cessna 208B registered N732MD, operated by Multi-Aero Inc, was involved in an accident near Chicago, Illinois, United States. 11 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

17 July 2013 at 13:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Chicago O'Hare International A (KORD)

Coordinates

41.9814, -87.9067

Aircraft

Cessna 208B

Registration

N732MD

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Multi-Aero Inc

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Chicago → Burlington

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN13LA421

Nobody was injured.

The gate agent’s premature removal of the tailstand without confirming with the flight crew that it was safe to remove, which allowed the airplane to tilt backward when a passenger stood up and stepped toward the back of the airplane.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

After the airplane was boarded, the gate agent removed the tailstand from the airplane without communicating with the flight crew. A passenger in row 3 then stood up to hand a carry-on bag to the second-in-command, who was standing in the doorway, for stowage in the cargo compartment. As the passenger stood up and stepped toward the back of the airplane, the airplane tilted backward, and its tail struck the tarmac, which resulted in substantial damage. The gate agent's premature removal of the tailstand allowed the airplane to tilt backward when the passenger stood up and stepped toward the back of the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.