# Accident 20200317001339A: Cessna 208B, La Crosse, KS, March 17, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 2020, 09:00 local time
- Place: La Crosse, KS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DPUA
- Location: 38.5400° N, 99.4600° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5400&lon=-99.4600&mi=10
- Aircraft: N274PM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N274PM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 8,900 total, 418 in this make and model, 82 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA122) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200317001339A

## Narrative

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

PILOT OPERATING IN IMC CONDITIONS WAS OBSERVED FLYING UNDER CLOUDS WITH 300 TO 600 FOOT CEILINGS.  CAME OUT OF CLOUDS AND THEN REENTERED CLOUDS SEVERAL TIMES.  THEN WHILE UNDER CLOUD BASE, HE MADE A VERY HARD PULL UP AND REENTERED CLOUDS.  THE AIRCRAFT FLEW OUT OF THE CLOUDS IN A NEAR VERTICAL DIVE AND IMPACTED THE GROUND.

## 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 CEN20LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA122), Mar 17, 2020: Cessna 208 (N274PM), LaCrosse, KS, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: An infight loss of control as a result of pilot impairment, the cause of which could not be determined.

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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