Cessna 208 N454SF

Summary

On 5 February 2020 at about 00:50 local time, a Cessna 208 registered N454SF, operated by Grant Aviation, was involved in an accident near Hooper Bay, Alaska, United States. 8 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

5 February 2020 at 00:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Hooper Bay, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Hooper Bay (HPB)

Coordinates

61.5239, -166.1447

Aircraft

Cessna 208

Registration

N454SF

Category

Airplane

Year built

1999

Engines

1

Operator

Grant Aviation

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hooper Bay → Bethel

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC20LA020

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s decision to depart from a contaminated runway, and his failure to make a timely decision to abort the takeoff when the airplane was not accelerating as expected. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s decision to depart in limited visibility conditions, which likely affected his ability to determine the available runway distance remaining during the takeoff.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

While taking off from a snow-covered runway in instrument meteorological conditions, the pilot stated that the airplane was not gaining speed as expected, but that there was inadequate runway remaining on which to abort the takeoff. The airplane became airborne, and the stall warning horn activated; the airplane subsequently settled back onto the ground, the nose landing gear impacted terrain, and the airplane came to rest upright off the departure end of the runway, resulting in substantial damage.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.