# Incident 20060121008839I: Cessna 208B, South Bend, IN, January 21, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 2006, 01:02 local time
- Place: South Bend, IN
- Airport: Michiana Regional
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BSYA
- Location: 41.6834° N, 86.2500° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Bend, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6834&lon=-86.2500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N104AN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N104AN-2017-12-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A114A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060121008839I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DECLARED EMERGENCY TO CHICAGO ARTCC AFTER EXPERIENCING A TEMPORARY POWER LOSS. PILOT REPORTED TO A LOUD BANG FOLLOWED BY ENGINE POWER LOSS WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER BANG AND ENGINE POWER RESTORATION. ENGINE MANUFACTURER REPRESENTATIVES CONDUCTED AN ENGINE INSPECTION. ENGINE WAS SPLIT OPEN AND INSPECTED. NOTHING ABNORMAL WAS FOUND. ENGINE WAS TEST RUN WITH NO ADDITIONAL ISSUES AND PLACED BACK INTO SERVICE. ENGINE SURGE BLEED VALVE WAS REPLACED.

## Other reports on N104AN (1)

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

- [Accident 20160115003779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160115003779A), Jan 15, 2016: Cessna 208B (N104AN), Hooper Bay, AK, Substantial damage. The pilot in command failed to correctly identify the desired runway and consequently landed several feet to its right and parallel to it.

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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