# Accident 20200206004309A: Cessna 208B, Arcata, CA, February 6, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 2020, 07:43 local time
- Place: Arcata, CA
- Airport: Arcata
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: MNVA
- Location: 40.8233° N, 124.1417° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8233&lon=-124.1417&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24MG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24MG-2021-01-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42A (registry code 52268, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-42a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-42A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 10,165 total, 1,282 in this make and model, 153 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR20CA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20CA089) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200206004309A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KMHR AT 0530 ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FOR KACV WITH THE INTENT OF CHANGING HIS DESTINATION TO KEKA WEATHER PERMITTING. THE INCIDENT PILOT RECEIVED AN UPDATED WEATHER PREDICTION FROM ASOS FOR KACV AND IT WAS TO BE CLEAR VMC CONDITIONS. THE INCIDENT PILOT CANCELLED HIS IFR FLIGHT PLAN AND PROCEEDED TO KEKA. HE FLEW SOUTHEAST OF THE RUNWAY AND SET UP FOR A 3.5 MILE FINAL. HE IMPACTED THE WATER APPROXIMATELY 1.9 MILES FROM RUNWAY CENTER. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE WATER AND FLIPPED OVER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR20CA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20CA089), Feb 6, 2020: Cessna 208 (N24MG), Eureka, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's delayed response to initiate a go-around during a night visual approach over water after the airplane entered instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in a loss of forward…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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