# Accident 20220228003019A: Cessna 208B, Campbellton, TX, February 28, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 2022, 13:15 local time
- Place: Campbellton, TX
- Airport: 74 Ranch Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.6854° N, 98.3831° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.6854&lon=-98.3831&mi=10
- Aircraft: N108RF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N108RF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A (registry code 52257, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-114a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-114A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 13,550 total, 9,940 in this make and model, 87 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN22LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA134) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220228003019A

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 28, 2022, AT APPROXIMATELY 13:15 HOURS, A CESSNA 208B ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, CRASHED JUST SHORT OF RW 14 AT THE 74 RANCH (PRIVATE) AIRPORT.   VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND THE PILOT DID NOT FILE A FLIGHT PLAN.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT, COMMERCIAL  RATED, AND HIS PASSENGER SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN SAN MARCUS ON 02/28/2022 AT 09:00 HOURS AND CRASHED APPROXIMATELY 4 HOURS LATER.

## 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 CEN22LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA134), Feb 28, 2022: Cessna 208B (N108RF), Campbellton, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s fuel mismanagement, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion and subsequent impact with trees during a forced landing.

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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