MINR · Cessna 208 · 2018-11-24 · Bakersfield, CA, USA
Event
NTSB number
WPR19IA030
Event ID
20181124X14130
Type
Incident
Date
2018-11-24
Location
Bakersfield, CA, USA
Coordinates
35.433612, -119.054443
Injuries
Highest injury
MINR
Fatal
0
Serious
0
Minor
1
Uninjured
0
Total aboard
1
Aircraft
Make
Cessna
Model
208
Registration
N781FE
FAR Part
135
Engines
1
Damage
—
Conditions
Light
NITE
Weather
VMC
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.