Accident · 2001-10-10

NTSB case DCA02MA003 · Cessna 208 · Part 135

What the record says

Event date: 2001-10-10
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: Cessna 208 (N9530F)
Operating rule: Part 135
Operator: Peninsula Airways Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): PENINSULA AIRWAYS INC

Probable cause

an in-flight loss of control resulting from upper surface ice contamination that the pilot-in-command failed to detect during his preflight inspection of the airplane. Contributing to the accident was the lack of a preflight inspection requirement for CE-208 pilots to examine at close range the upper surface of the wing for ice contamination when ground icing conditions exist.

Source: NTSB case DCA02MA003

Flight 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.

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