Cessna 208B accident near Oceanside, CA
On June 3, 2022, a Cessna 208B (airplane) was involved in an accident near Oceanside, CA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- June 3, 2022
- Place
- Oceanside, CA
- Aircraft
- Cessna 208B · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 33.220°N, 117.342°W
- NTSB ID
- 20220603105183
Official records · WPR22FA197
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn June 03, 2022, about 1347 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 208B, modified as a Supervan Systems. LLC 900 airplane, N7581F, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Bob Maxwell Memorial Airfield, Oceanside, California. The left-seated pilot was fatally injured and the right-seated pilot was seriously injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 skydiving flight. On the day of the accident, the pilots were performing skydiving flights while the right-seated pilot was training the left-seated pilot on the operation. A flight consisted of two pilots taking a group of approximately 17 skydivers to an altitude of about 11,500 feet mean sea level (msl) to jump out and then returning to the airport. The flights started about 1015 and were airborne for an average of 17 minutes, with about 15 minutes on the ground between flights, during which the airplane’s engine was kept operating while a new load of skydivers boarded the airplane. The pilots completed six flights without incident and departed on the accident flight at 1331. The right-seated pilot stated that he could not recall many of the details leading up to the accident. He remembered that, on the accident flight, everything was normal with the departure and the unloading of the skydivers. The airplane was descending as expected with the power at idle. As the airplane turned onto final approach, about 2-3 miles from the approach end of runway 25, the left-seated pilot either had her hand on the throttle or began to reach up to the throttle. T
Probable cause
The right-seated pilot’s failure to correct the left-seated pilot’s mismanagement of the engine thrust, which resulted in undesired speed and thrust oscillations during the final approach and a subsequent descent into terrain.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
