ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 320181
| Date: | Wednesday 11 November 2015 |
| Time: | 08:50 |
| Type: |  Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
| Owner/operator: | SarTec Corp. |
| Registration: | N617ST |
| MSN: | 208B1044 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2004 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Grand Forks Airport, ND (GFK) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Minneapolis-Flying Cloud Airport, MN (FCM/KFCM) |
| Grand Forks Airport, ND (GFK/KGFK) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, N617ST, tipped back and the tail struck the pavement while parked at the ramp at Grand Forks International Airport (KGFK), North Dakota. The pilot and nine passengers on board were not injured. The airplane was substantially damaged.
Preliminary information indicates the airplane had landed and had taxied to the ramp. The pilot got out of the airplane was trying to position the tail stand. The airplane tipped back and struck the pavement with its tail, damaging two rear bulkheads and three stringers.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's failure to properly calculate the airplane's weight and balance and center of gravity, which resulted in the tail striking the ground."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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