# Accident 20070905022629A: Cessna 208B, Cross City, FL, September 5, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2007, 05:23 local time
- Place: Cross City, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PA9A
- Location: 29.6256° N, 83.2914° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6256&lon=-83.2914&mi=10
- Aircraft: N702PA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N702PA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-140 (registry code 51499, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A114A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,732 total, 5,470 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA07LA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07LA140) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070905022629A

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2007 AT OR ABOUT 0910Z, ON A REPOSITION FLIGHT FROM KBFM TO KTPA, N702PA, A CESSNA 208B SERIAL # 208B-0702 EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE AT 11,000 FEET APPROXIMATELY 29 MILES EAST OF THE CROSS CITY, FLORIDA AIRPORT. THE ENGINE FAILURE WAS SUDDEN WITH NO WARNING OR SPOOL DOWN TIME. NG GAUGE INSTANTLY WENT TO -0-. UPON ENGINE FAILURE, THE PILOT DECLARED AIR EMERGENCY AND ATC ADVISED THAT THE CLOSEST AIRPORT WAS CROSS CITY HEADING 080 AND 29 MILES. THE PILOT TURNED TOWARDS THE AIRPORT, WENT THRU THE ENGINE OUT PROCEDURES AND ATTEMPTED AN ENGINE RESTART WHICH WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE PILOT SET UP AT BEST GLIDE SPEED AND GLIDED APPROXIMATELY 22 MILES. AT ABOUT 300 FEET THE PILOT OPENED THE CREW DOOR AND LATCHED IT OPEN, SLOWING THE AIRCRAFT TO JUST ABOVE STALL SPEED BEFORE IMPACTING THE TREES. UPON CONTACT WITH THE TREES THE PILOT PULLED BACK ON THE YOKE AND STALLED THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE TREES. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 8.2 MILES ON THE 280 RADIAL FROM THE CROSS CITY AIRPORT.

## 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 MIA07LA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07LA140), Sep 5, 2007: Cessna 208B (N702PA), Cross City, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power during cruise flight due to the fracture and separation of the compressor turbine blades for undetermined reasons. Contributing to the accident was the unsuitable terrain…

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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