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Status:
Date:	Tuesday 17 March 2020
Time:	09:30
Type:	Cessna 208B Super Cargomaster
Operator:	Planemasters
Registration:	N279PM
C/n / msn:	208B0623
First flight:	1997
Engines:	1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A
Crew:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Passengers:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Damaged beyond repair
Location:	NW of La Crosse, Rush County, KS (   United States of America)
Phase:	En route (ENR)
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport, KS (ICT/KICT), United States of America
Destination airport:	Hays Municipal Airport, KS (HYS/KHYS), United States of America
Flightnumber:	PMS1670

Narrative:
A Planemaster Ltd Cessna 208B Super Cargomaster, performing cargo flight PMS1670, from Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport (ICT/KICT) to Hays Municipal Airport (HYS/KHYS) crashed in wheat field terrain under unknown circumstances northwest of La Crosse, Rush County, Kansas.
The aircraft took off from ICT at 07:52 local time (12:52 UTC). During the flight, visibility at HYS decreased. At 08:36 the aircraft arrived 20 km south of HYS. At that time, visibility had decreased to about 800 m. The pilot performed two circles in the vicinity of the airport before deciding to divert to Great Bend Municipal Airport (GBD/KGBD).
About 09:30 the aircraft crashed near La Crosse. The airplane was destroyed and the sole pilot onboard received fatal