# Accident 20220413001659A: Cessna 208B, Heyburn, ID, April 13, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 2022, 08:35 local time
- Place: Heyburn, ID
- Airport: Burley Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: GAJA
- Location: 42.5514° N, 113.7597° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5514&lon=-113.7597&mi=10
- Aircraft: N928JP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N928JP-2023-05-17) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,325 total, 27 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR22FA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22FA151) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220413001659A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS EXECUTING A SECOND APPROACH TO RUNWAY 20 AT BYI. AIRCRAFT WAS BELOW THE PUBLISHED MINIMUM DESCENT ALTITUDE AND STRUCK A POTATO PROCESSING PLANT SMOKE STACK.

## 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 WPR22FA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22FA151), Apr 13, 2022: Cessna 208B (N928JP), Heyburn, ID, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain altitude during an instrument approach, which resulted in a descent below the approach path and impact with a vent stack. Also causal was the failure of the processing…

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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