# NTSB Accident ANC20LA020
> **Cessna 208** · 2020-02-05 · Hooper Bay, AK, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ANC20LA020
- **Event ID:** 20200210X53022
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2020-02-05
- **Location:** Hooper Bay, AK, USA
- **Coordinates:** 61.523887, -166.14472
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 8
- **Total aboard:** 8
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 208
- **Registration:** N454SF
- **FAR Part:** 135
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot’s decision to depart from a contaminated runway, and his failure to make a timely decision to abort the takeoff when the airplane was not accelerating as expected. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s decision to depart in limited visibility conditions, which likely affected his ability to determine the available runway distance remaining during the takeoff.

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