# NTSB GAA24WA089: Cessna 208, N80GE, Puerto Escondido, Mexico, February 11, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: February 11, 2024, 11:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place: Puerto Escondido, Mexico
- Coordinates: 15.86557, -97.09141 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=15.8656&lon=-97.0914&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 6 serious, 11 minor; on the ground: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Mexico AFAC
- NTSB case key (mKey): 193785
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA24WA089
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/193785/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA24WA089

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Takeoff: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 208B, 11 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md?model=2073701), [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N80GE](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80GE), registered now, S/N 208B0585, built 1996 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208 (B)
- Registry model: [Cessna 208B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (registry code 2073701) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-42a) (registry code 52268, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 208B0585
- Year built: 1996
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Skydiving, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Win Win Aviation Inc
- Registered owner: Win Win Aviation Inc
- Departed: MMPS, Puerto Escondido

## Weather

- Wind: 240° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter: 29.89 inHg
- Observed at: MMPS, 1 nm away
- METAR: MMPS 111745Z 24008KT 12SM FEW020 29/23 A2989 RMK 8/100 HZY

## Other investigations on N80GE (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 ERA12CA519](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA519), Aug 18, 2012: Cessna 208B (N80GE), Raeford, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to land in a grassy area next to a paved runway, which resulted in impact with a ditch and subsequent nose landing gear collapse.

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.

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