# Incident 20050412007639I: Cessna 208B, Ceiba, Puerto Rico, April 12, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 2005, 10:43 local time
- Place: Ceiba, Puerto Rico
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: XXDA
- Location: 18.2450° N, 65.6433° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.2450&lon=-65.6433&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1241X (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A114A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,300 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA05FA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05FA074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050412007639I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED VQS ON A SCHEDULED FAR 135 FLIGHT WITH 3 PASSENGERS (2 ADULT FEMALES AND ONE INFANT) WITH A DESTINATION OF SJU. NORMAL CLIMBOUT WAS CONDUCTED TO 2,000 FT. APPROXIMATELY SEVEN MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, WHILE IN CRUISE CONDITIONS, A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY NOISE OF ENGINE FLAME-OUT AND PROPELLER STOPPAGE. OIL SPRAYED ON THE WINDSHIELD. WARNING LIGHTS OF LOW OIL PRESSURE, GENERATOR OUT AND LOW VACUUM ILLUMINATED. APPROACH WAS MADE TO RUNWAY 25 AT THE NAVY FACILITY PUERTO RICO, A NAVY FACILITY THAT WAS CLOSED APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR AGO. LANDING COMPLETED WITHOUT FURTHER COMPLICATIONS. CHIP DETECTOR LIGHT FOR THE GEAR BOX WAS NOTED ILLUMINATED ON FINAL APPROACH. PROPELLER WAS FEATHERED DURING LANDING ROLL AND THE PILOT EXITED THE RUNWAY AT A TAXIWAY. AIRCRAFT WAS STOPPED AND SECURED.

## 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 SEA05FA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05FA074), Apr 12, 2005: Cessna 208B (N1241X), Roosevelt Roads, PR, incident, no damage. Probable cause: The fracture of multiple compressor turbine blades while the airplane was in a cruise flight configuration resulting in a loss of engine power. Sulphidation type corrosion was a factor in failure of…

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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