Accident · 2004-02-10
What the record says
- Event date
- 2004-02-10
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Cessna 208B (N1276P)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate planning and decision to initiate a takeoff into a crosswind that exceeded the airplane's demonstrated crosswind component, which resulted in a loss of directional control during the takeoff roll, and subsequent collision with terrain and nose over. Factors contributing to the accident were the crosswind, an icy runway, and the pilot's failure to abort the takeoff.
Source: NTSB case ANC04LA032Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.