Narrative:
While loading passengers the tail stand collapsed. The aircraft sustained substantial damage.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The flight crew's failure to install the tail stand prior to passenger boarding, which resulted in a tail strike."
» NTSB
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Sunday 5 June 2016 |
| Time: | 06:30 |
| Type: |  Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
| Operator: | Air Choice One |
| Registration: | N750Z |
| MSN: | 208B1054 |
| First flight: | 2004 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6950 |
| Engines: | 1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Aircraft fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | Fort Dodge Airport, IA (FOD) ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Fort Dodge Airport, IA (FOD/KFOD), United States of America |
| Saint Louis-Lambert International Airport, MO (STL/KSTL), United States of America |
While loading passengers the tail stand collapsed. The aircraft sustained substantial damage.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The flight crew's failure to install the tail stand prior to passenger boarding, which resulted in a tail strike."
Accident investigation:
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Classification:
Damaged on the ground
Sources:
» FAA» NTSB
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Fort Dodge Airport, IA to Saint Louis-Lambert International Airport, MO as the crow flies is 529 km (330 miles).
Distance from Fort Dodge Airport, IA to Saint Louis-Lambert International Airport, MO as the crow flies is 529 km (330 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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