# Accident 20051018027339A: Cessna 208B, Round Rock, TX, October 18, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 2005, 23:04 local time
- Place: Round Rock, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DEMA
- Location: 30.5083° N, 97.6789° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Round Rock, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5083&lon=-97.6789&mi=10
- Aircraft: N987FE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N987FE) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,761 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051018027339A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OR ABOUT 11:00 P.M. ON OCTOBER 18, 2005, THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) MADE A DISTRESS CALL TO AUSTIN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, INFORMING THEM OF ENGINE FAILURE. ATC VECTORED THE PIC TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT TO GEORGETOWN, TEXAS. POST AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK POWER LINES AND SEVERED A POWER LINE POLE, THEN HIT THE PROPERTY'S WOODEN FENCE. THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED UPON IMPACT WITH THE FRONT PORCH OF A HOUSE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN AN UPWARD VERTICAL POSITION IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N987FE (1)

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

- [Accident 19951212043349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951212043349A), Dec 12, 1995: Cessna 208B (N987FE), Sacramento, CA, Substantial damage. Nosed up and over on a wing trying to taxi in severe surface wind gust. Tower wind gauge error. Gust to 47 knots.

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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