# Incident 20020730022599I: Cessna 208B, Tularosa, NM, July 30, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2002, 06:45 local time
- Place: Tularosa, NM
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: E5HA
- Location: 33.0750° N, 106.0173° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tularosa, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0750&lon=-106.0173&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52642 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A114A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 245 in this make and model, 245 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020730022599I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ALAMOGORDO, NM ON 07/30/02 AT 0630 LOCAL TIME. THE AIRCRAFT WAS 19.4 MILES NORTH OF ALAMOGORDO WHEN THE AIRCRAFT'S ENGINE FAILED. THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A ROAD IN A PECAN ORCHARD JUST OUTSIDE OF TULAROSA, NM. NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, NO INJURIES TO THE SINGLE PILOT AND NO PASSENGERS ONBOARD. A PRELIMINARY BOROSCOPE AT THE SCENE SHOWED DAMAGED COMPRESSOR TURBINE BLADES. A VERBAL RECAP OF THE TEARDOWN SHOWED COMPRESSOR TURBINE BLADE DAMAGE AND WAS MOST LIKELY THE ORIGIN OF THE FAILURE, CAUSE UNKNOWN. INDIVIDUAL EXAMINATION OF ALL THE TURBINE COMPRESSOR BLADES IS EXPECTED TO TAKE 3 TO 5 WEEKS.

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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