Incident: Cessna 208
Nov 24, 2018 · Bakersfield, CA
NTSB numberWPR19IA030Event id20181124X14130
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Serious injuries
- 1
- Minor injuries
- 0
- Uninjured
Probable cause
The pilot's loss of consciousness while taxiing due to an accumulation of toxic levels of carbon dioxide gas inside the airplane as a result of dry ice sublimation. Also causal was the pilot's decision to fly the airplane in an unventilated configuration, the operator's policy that allowed this configuration, and the shipping company's inadvertent loading of excess dry ice, which exacerbated the concentration of carbon dioxide.
Source: National Transportation Safety Board. Record last changed Oct 28, 2026, 10:54 UTC.
Aircraft involved
- Aircraft
- Cessna 208
- Registration
- N781FE
- Year built
- 1991
- Category
- Airplane
- Operating rules
- Part 135: commuter and on-demand
- Defining event
- Taxi-from runway Medical event
Source: National Transportation Safety Board aviation accident database. Counts only; Voydar holds no names.
Nearest airports
Airports with a Voydar profile closest to the recorded position. Proximity only.
- Meadows Field (BFL)0 nm (0 km) west
- Bakersfield International Airport (KL45)7 nm (13 km) south-east
- Shafter Airport - Minter Field (MIT)8 nm (15 km) north-west
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