# Accident 20250702008569A: Cessna 208B, Williamstown, NJ, July 2, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 2025, 17:29 local time
- Place: Williamstown, NJ
- Airport: Cross Keys Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Operator: 8AAJ
- Location: 39.7000° N, 75.0400° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7000&lon=-75.0400&mi=10
- Aircraft: N716MM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N716MM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-6 series (registry code 52150, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-6-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Reported engine: HONEYWELL TPE331
- People aboard: 15
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 15
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA254](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA254) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250702008569A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED WITH TWO PILOTS AND 13 PASSENGERS ON BOARD TO CONDUCT PARACHUTE OPERATIONS. DURING CLIMBOUT AT APPROXIMATELY 3,000 FT AGL THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER. THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) OCCUPIED THE LEFT SEAT. THE PILOT THAT OCCUPIED THE RIGHT SEAT HAD CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT FROM TAXI UNTIL THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE PIC TOOK IMMEDIATE CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER THE ENGINE POWER LOSS AND CONDUCTED A STEEP SPIRALING DESCENT TO ATTEMPT LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LINED UP WITH RUNWAY 27 BUT WAS UNABLE TO SUFFICIENTLY REDUCE AIRSPEED, WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO BOUNCE THEN OVERSHOOT THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED MULTIPLE TREES IN A WOODED AREA APPROXIMATELY 700 FEET BEYOND THE RUNWAY. TWO PILOTS AND FOUR PASSENGERS WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED, NINE PASSENGERS INCURRED MINOR INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DEEMED DESTROYED. IF FURTHER INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE CONCERNING THIS INVESTIGATION, THIS REPORT MAY BE AMENDED.

## 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 ERA25LA254](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA254), Jul 2, 2025: Cessna 208 (N716MM), Monroe, NJ, substantial damage, investigation ongoing

## Other reports on N716MM (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20230703014369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230703014369A), Jul 3, 2023: Cessna 208B (N716MM), Suffolk, VA, Substantial damage. PIC made a normal approach to landing after performing sky dive jump operations at Suffolk Executive Airport (ksfq). Prior to touchdown, PIC failed to…

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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