# Incident 20040712024479I: Beech 400A, Sarasota-Braden, FL, July 12, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2004, 12:10 local time
- Place: Sarasota-Braden, FL
- Airport: Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: DJFA
- Location: 27.2703° N, 82.5195° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.2703&lon=-82.5195&mi=10
- Aircraft: N455CW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 400A
- Reported engine: PWA JT15D5
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,500 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ENG04IA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG04IA021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040712024479I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 12, 2004 AT 1210 EST A BEECH 400A, N455CW, REGISTERED TO ALCARA MANAGEMENT INC., LOST POWER IN BOTH ENGINES WHEN DESCENDING FROM 41,000 TO 33,000. THE PILOT IN COMMAND WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE NUMBER 2 ENGINE AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS AND DIVERTED TO SARASOTA BREDENTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, SARASOTA, FLORIDA AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED UNDER INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT DUNCAN, OKLAHOMA.

## 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 ENG04IA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG04IA021), Jul 12, 2004: Raytheon Corporate Jets Beechjet 400A (N455CW), Sarasota, FL, incident, no damage. Probable cause: High-altitude ice crystals that had accreted on the compressor vanes and were ingested into the high pressure compressor when the pilots retarded the power levers causing compressor surges and…

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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