Accident description
Last updated: 18 June 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 26 APR 2011 |
| Time: | 18:56 |
| Type: |  Cessna 208B Super Cargomaster |
| Operator: | Martinaire |
| Registration: | N208TF |
| C/n / msn: | 208B-0592 |
| First flight: | 1997 |
| Engines: | 1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | El Paso International Airport, TX (ELP) (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | El Paso International Airport, TX (ELP/KELP), United States of America |
| Lubbock International Airport, TX (LBB/KLBB), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | 224 |
A Cessna 208B cargo plane, registered N208TF, sustained substantial damage in an accident at El Paso International Airport, TX (ELP).
As the commercial pilot prepared for the evening cargo flight, the winds were reported as being strong and gusting. The pilot reported that he radioed the control tower for his flight clearance and the current wind conditions. Since the wind was higher than previously reported, the pilot told the tower that he would wait, before taxing further. The pilot added that after deciding to delay the flight and before he could shut down the airplane, a large gust of wind pushed the airplane’s nose left and lifted the left wing. The airplane’s propeller and right wing impacted the ground, bending the airplane’s right wing. At 1851 the automated weather reporting station, located on the airport, reported the wind at 270 degrees at 36 knots gusting to 48 knots.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's loss of control as result of the gusting wind." Sources:
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Distance from El Paso International Airport, TX to Lubbock International Airport, TX as the crow flies is 470 km (294 miles).
Distance from El Paso International Airport, TX to Lubbock International Airport, TX as the crow flies is 470 km (294 miles).
