# Incident 20030830036809I: Cessna 208B, Isla De Culebra, PR, August 30, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 2003, 11:35 local time
- Place: Isla De Culebra, PR
- Airport: Culebra Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: IN9A
- Location: 18.3147° N, 65.2829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Isla de Culebra, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.3147&lon=-65.2829&mi=10
- Aircraft: N786DM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N786DM-2012-05-22) (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
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,072 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 220 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030830036809I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 30, 2003, AT APPROXIMATELY 1035 CAPTAIN LUIS URBINA WAS FLYING FROM FAJARDO'S REGIONAL AIRPORT (DIEGO JIMENEZ TORRES) X95, TO THE ISLAND OF CULEBRA ON A CARAVAN CE-208-B WITH NINE SOULS ON BOARD. THE AIRCRAFT BELONGED TO ISLA NENA AIR SERVICE, INC. (IN9A516W) A PART 135 ON-DEMAND, NINE OR LESS OPERATOR. TEN MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, AT AN ALTITUDE OF 2500' CRUISING AT 130KTS, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A MALFUNCTION ON THE ENGINE. THE CAPTAIN PROCEEDED TO PERFORM EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FOR AN ENGINE FAILURE IN FLIGHT. UNABLE TO CORRECT THE SITUATION THE CAPTAIN BRIEFED THE PASSENGERS AND PREPARED THE CABIN FOR A WATER DITCH. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON FLAMENCO BEACH, WEST OF THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 3-5 MILES FROM THE FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP 30-50 FEET FROM THE SHORELINE. THE PASSENGERS EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE, THE CARGO POD WAS DESTROYED BY THE CORAL REEF, AND THE NOSE GEAR WAS SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. NO OTHER STRUCTURAL DAMAGE NOTICED. NO OBVIOUS INDICATIONS OF AN ENGINE MALFUNCTION AT THE SITE OF THE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N786DM (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20020620014319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020620014319A), Jun 20, 2002: Cessna 208B (N786DM), Isla De Vieques, Puerto Rico, No damage. (-23) On June 20, 2002, around 1620 (LCL) two aircraft experienced a midair collision while on approach at the antonio rivera rodriquez airport, Isla De…

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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