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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 208B · Elkhorn, NE · March 3, 2005

Date
March 3, 2005 · 23:45 local
Place
Elkhorn, NE
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
BSYA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3RY
Reported as
Cessna 208B
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A114A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On Thursday, March 3, 2005, N3RY, a Cessna 208B, on a flight from omaha, Nebraska, to denver, Colorado, experienced a loss of oil pressure followed by a decrease in engine power 15 minutes after departure. The pilot and sole occupant of the aircraft performed an emergency landing at the intersection of 204th and west center road. Initial maintenance investigation revealed a significant loss of engine oil. The engine was removed and replaced and the aircraft was ferried to omaha eppley airfield for a permanent repair to the left wing leading edge. There was no additional damage to the airframe. The engine was shipped to standard aero for teardown analysis that will be witnessed by pratt and whitney. A completed SDR will be forwarded by the certificate holder to the chdo after engine teardown analysis.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 2005, N3RY, A CESSNA 208B, ON A FLIGHT FROM OMAHA, NEBRASKA, TO DENVER, COLORADO, EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE FOLLOWED BY A DECREASE IN ENGINE POWER 15 MINUTES AFTER DEPARTURE. THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT THE INTERSECTION OF 204TH AND WEST CENTER ROAD. INITIAL MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATION REVEALED A SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF ENGINE OIL. THE ENGINE WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO OMAHA EPPLEY AIRFIELD FOR A PERMANENT REPAIR TO THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE. THERE WAS NO ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRFRAME. THE ENGINE WAS SHIPPED TO STANDARD AERO FOR TEARDOWN ANALYSIS THAT WILL BE WITNESSED BY PRATT AND WHITNEY. A COMPLETED SDR WILL BE FORWARDED BY THE CERTIFICATE HOLDER TO THE CHDO AFTER ENGINE TEARDOWN ANALYSIS.