# Incident 20050607009159I: Cessna 208B, Clarendon, TX, June 7, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 2005, 10:15 local time
- Place: Clarendon, TX
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: MT9A
- Location: 32.9606° N, 96.8292° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9606&lon=-96.8292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9505B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9505B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A114
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW05IA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05IA150) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050607009159I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 10:15 A.M. ON JUNE 7, 2005, N9505B, A CESSNA 208, WAS RETURNING TO ABILENE, TEXAS, FOR THE NIGHT FREIGHT RUN. WHILE IN CRUISE, THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HEARD A LOUD SCREECHING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE QUIT, SO HE CHOSE TO PUT THE AIRCRAFT DOWN IN THE PASTURE, ABOUT 6 MILES WEST OF THE AIRPORT IN CLARENDON, TEXAS. DURING THE INVESTIGATION, SMALL BALLS OF MOLTEN METAL WERE FOUND IN THE TAILPIPE. THERE WAS NO APPARENT DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## 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 DFW05IA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05IA150), Jun 7, 2005: Cessna 208B (N9505B), Clarendon, TX, incident, no damage. Probable cause: The loss of total engine power due to damage of the compressor stator vanes caused by a foreign object. A contributing factor was an in-flight ingestion of bird(s).

## Other reports on N9505B (1)

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

- [Accident 20000216000762A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000216000762A), Feb 16, 2000: Cessna 208B (N9505B), Mcalester, OK, Substantial damage. (.19) On February 16, 2000, at 0748 central standard time, a mid-air collision occurred between a Cessna 182M, N91994, and a Cessna 208B, N9505B, while both…

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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