# NTSB Incident ERA24LA094
> **CESSNA 208** · 2024-01-19 · Dulles, VA, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA24LA094
- **Event ID:** 20240122193691
- **Type:** Incident
- **Date:** 2024-01-19
- **Location:** Dulles, VA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 38.94532, -77.51919
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 7
- **Total aboard:** 7
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CESSNA
- **Model:** 208
- **Registration:** N1983X
- **FAR Part:** 135
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** MINR
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot-in-command’s approach to the critical angle of attack during initial climb, which resulted in a vibration the flight crew improperly identified as an engine issue and resulted in the subsequent off-airport landing. Contributing to the accident was the operator’s inadequate and contradictory guidance for flight crews operating in winter conditions. Also contributing was the pilot-in-command’s decision not to perform a tactile check or deice, which resulted in taking off with ice contamination.

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