# NTSB WPR26LA205: Cessna 208B, N661WA, Shelton, WA, May 29, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: May 29, 2026, 12:42 local (19:42 UTC)
- Place: Shelton, WA · Near / short of airport runway
- Coordinates: 47.233556, -123.14755
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2336&lon=-123.1475&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach-VFR pattern final: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 203104
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR26LA205
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203104/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA205

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach-VFR pattern final: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 208B, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md?model=2073701), [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N661WA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N661WA), registered now, S/N 208B0661, built 1998 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Registry model: [Cessna 208B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (registry code 2073701) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney PT6A series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (registry code 52032, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 208B0661
- Year built: 1998
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Skydiving, Part 91
- Operator: Kapowsin Air Sports Ltd
- Registered owner: Kapowsin Air Sports Ltd
- Airport: SHN, Sanderson Fld, runway 05/23, 5,005 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 13 knots, gusting 24
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,500 ft overcast
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter: 29.99 inHg
- Observed at: KSHN
- METAR: METAR KSHN 291953Z AUTO 24013G24KT 10SM OVC045 17/05 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP156 T01720050

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20260529007659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260529007659A), May 29, 2026: Cessna 208B, Shelton, WA, Substantial damage. PIC stated that after all the parachutists jumped / exited the airplane, he proceeded back to the departure airport. On the downwind leg of the airport traffic…

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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