Cessna 208B accident near Dfw Airport, Texas, October 2, 1993
On October 2, 1993 at about 4:44 am local time, a Cessna 208B, registered N9762B, was substantially damaged in an accident near Dfw Airport, Texas (Dfw International airport). It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135). No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
THE PILOT'S DISREGARD FOR THE ISSUED SAFETY ADVISORY.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- October 2, 1993 · about 4:44 am local time
- Place
- Dfw Airport, Texas · Dfw International
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Cessna 208B · all 208Bs on the register
- Registration
- N9762B · registry record · serial 208B0109
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
THE PILOT WAS CAUTIONED ABOUT WAKE TURBULENCE FROM A HEAVY MD-11 THAT HAD BEEN CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF ON THE RUNWAY THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS CLEARED TO CROSS. THE JETLINER APPLIED TAKEOFF POWER AS THE SINGLE ENGINE AIRPLANE WAS CROSSING BEHIND. THE JET BLAST FROM THE DEPARTING AIRPLANE LIFTED THE AIRPLANE AND CONTROL WAS LOST.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: airline transport pilot, flight instructor
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instructor: airplane single-engine; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 2,740 hours in all; 598 in this make and model; 347 in the last 90 days; 116 in the last 30 days; 2,357 as pilot in command; 1,039 on instruments
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (valid medical--w/ waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 3,435 hours
- Last inspection: approved inspection programme, August 8, 1993; 168 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 8,750 lb
- Seats: 1
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: P&W PT6A-114 (turboprop); 0 hours total
- Operator: Martinaire, INC.
The flight
- Departed from: TUL Tulsa OK at 4:01 am
- Flight plan: IFR
- Runway 17R, 11,388 ft by 200 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: night, dark
- Wind: from 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 79°F (26°C), dew point 63°F (17°C)
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observation at 4:50 am from DFW, 1 miles away
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
The docket, the folder of records gathered during an investigation (maintenance records, photographs, witness statements, examinations), has not been read from the NTSB for this case yet; the list appears here once it has. Open the docket at the NTSB.
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, the folder of records gathered during the investigation, shown as the NTSB released them (the NTSB redacts some personal details first) and listed under the NTSB's own titles. This site's own text never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number FTW94LA003.