Cessna 208 N895SF
20 September 2019 · Pepperell, Massachusetts, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 20 September 2019 at about 16:30 local time, a Cessna 208 registered N895SF was involved in an accident near Pepperell, Massachusetts, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 16:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Pepperell, Massachusetts, United States
- Nearest airport
- Pepperell (26MA)
- Coordinates
- 42.6969, -71.5489
- Aircraft
- Cessna 208
- Registration
- N895SF
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1988
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Skydiving
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Pepperell → Pepperell
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ERA19TA278
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The pilot's loss of control when the airplane encountered a downdraft during landing approach, which resulted in a subsequent hard landing and gear collapse.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The commercial pilot, 10 skydivers, and 1 passenger departed on a skydiving flight. After the skydivers jumped, the pilot and passenger returned to the airport to land. The pilot stated that, during the landing, he encountered a sudden downdraft and the airplane dropped out of the air from about 10 to 15 ft above the runway. The airplane landed hard and the nose landing gear collapsed; the airplane slid to the right side of the runway, crossed the parallel runway, and impacted a tree. Examination of the airplane revealed that the left wing was bent up about 3 ft from the wing tip and the nose landing gear was fracture-separated. The pilot stated that there were no mechanical anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. Thus, it is likely that the pilot failed to maintain airplane control during the landing, which resulted in a hard landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 208 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Jul 2019 | Cessna 208 | Bella Bella, Canada | Seair Seaplanes Ltd | Fatal | 4 |
| 29 Jun 2019 | Cessna 208 | Plant City, Florida, United States | ISR Aviation LLC | No injuries | - |
| 18 Aug 2019 | Cessna 208B | Lahaina, Hawaii, United States | Mokulele Airlines | No injuries | - |
| 8 Jul 2019 | Cessna 208 | Bethel, Alaska, United States | Grant Aviation Inc | Minor injuries | - |
| 10 Dec 2019 | Cessna 208 | Victoria, Texas, United States | Martinaire Aviation | Fatal | 1 |
| 24 Dec 2019 | Cessna 208 | San Rafael, Mexico | - | Unknown | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Dec 2019 | Piper PA28 | Hanson, Massachusetts, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 4 Jul 2019 | Pipistrel SINUS | Haverhill, Massachusetts, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
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| 2 Apr 2019 | Robinson R44 | Taunton, Massachusetts, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 20 Dec 2019 | Piper PA32 | Florida, Massachusetts, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 21 Oct 2019 | Maule MX7 | Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States | - | No injuries | - |