# Accident 20240716015739A: Cessna 402B, Easton, MD, July 16, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2024, 09:32 local time
- Place: Easton, MD
- Airport: Easton/Newnam
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7494° N, 76.1209° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7494&lon=-76.1209&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7875E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7875E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24FA305](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA305) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240716015739A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 16, 2024, A CESSNA 402 ENROUTE FROM FORT MEADE (TIPTON AIRPORT) MD, CRASHED INTO THE TRED AVON RIVER, 3.6 NM SOUTH WEST OF THE EASTON, MD (KESN) AIRPORT. THE CRASH RESULTED IN THE FATALITY OF THE SINGLE OCCUPANT, THE PIC.

THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A FINAL REST:

38.747763

-76.119539

THE WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS BETTER THAN 5,000 CEILING, AND 5 MILES VISIBILITY.

KESN 160845Z AUTO 24006KT 9SM CLR 28/25 A2984 RMK AO2 T02770246

COMMENTS FROM THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INDICATE THE PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONDUCTING AN AFTER-ACTION MAINTENANCE FLIGHT IN THE EASTON AIRPORT AREA.

A WITNESS TO THE CRASH EVENT WAS POSITIONED IN DIRECT SIGHT OF THE ACCIDENT OVERLOOKING THE SITE WHERE THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE RIVER.

THE WITNESS STATED:

“THE AIRPLANE APPEARS TO HAVE STALLED MID-FLIGHT, THEN ‘FLOP’ INTO THE WATER.

THERE WAS A CIRCULAR, SYMMETRICAL PLUME/SPRAY/WAKE ONCE THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE WATER.

THERE WAS NO SKIMMING OF THE WATER, JUST A ‘PLOP’; NO WAKE; NO ENGINE NOISE; NO SPUTTERING NOISES

## 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 ERA24FA305](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA305), Jul 16, 2024: Cessna 402 (N7875E), Easton, MD, substantial damage, 1 fatal, investigation ongoing

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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