# Accident 20240720011869A: Cessna 208B, Youngstown, NY, July 20, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2024, 11:30 local time
- Place: Youngstown, NY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.2640° N, 79.0323° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2640&lon=-79.0323&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1259K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1259K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Reported engine: PRAT&WHITNEY PT6A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,499 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24FA309](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA309) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240720011869A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 20TH 2024 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:15 LOCAL TIME A CESSNA 208B TOOK OFF TO FLY A ROUTINE SKYDIVE MISSION.  WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE EXCELLENT, VFR CONDITIONS.  INITIAL CLIMB UP WAS UNEVENTFUL.  AT ABOUT 11300” MSL THE JUMPERS WERE RELEASED.  SHORTLY AFTER, CONFIRMED VIA ONE OF THE JUMPERS VIDEOS, THE 208B STARTS RAPIDLY DESCENDING TOWARDS THE GROUND AND IMPACTED ABOUT 20 SECONDS AFTER THE LAST JUMPER LEFT THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED AND BURNED UPON IMPACT.  FIRE DAMAGE WAS SUBSTANTIAL AND SPRED OVER A LARGE AREA.

## 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 ERA24FA309](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA309), Jul 20, 2024: Cessna 208 (N1259K), Youngstown, NY, destroyed, 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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