# Accident 20030515028789A: Cessna 208B, South Amherst, OH, May 15, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2003, 17:10 local time
- Place: South Amherst, OH
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: LKLA
- Location: 41.3236° N, 82.2572° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3236&lon=-82.2572&mi=10
- Aircraft: N208AD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N208AD-2006-06-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A114A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,523 total, 1,482 in this make and model, 196 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC03LA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03LA107) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030515028789A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED KLPR ENROUTE TO KAID. DURING CLIMB THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A LOW FUEL PRESSURE CAUTIONARY LIGHT. THE PILOT THEN NOTED THE FUEL FLOW INDICATOR WENT FROM 350 PPH TO 100 PPH WITH FLUCTUATIONS. THE PILOT HEARD A "WHOOSH" NOISE, POSSIBLY A FLAME OUT AND TURNED TOWARDS THE AIRPORT OF DEPARTURE APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES AWAY. THE PILOT WAS LOW AND MADE A FORCED LANDING NEAR SOUTH AMHERST, OHIO. THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED INVERTED ON THE LANDING AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 NYC03LA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03LA107), May 15, 2003: Cessna 208B (N208AD), New Russia, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to verify the position of the fuel selectors prior to takeoff, which resulted in a power loss due to fuel starvation. A factor was the failure of the fuel selector warning horn.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.