# Incident 20080308012509I: Cessna 208B, Lincoln, NE, March 8, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 2008, 16:26 local time
- Place: Lincoln, NE
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DEMA
- Location: 40.8000° N, 96.6670° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lincoln, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8000&lon=-96.6670&mi=10
- Aircraft: N957FE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N957FE) (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: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080308012509I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N957FE, CE-208B, BEING OPERATED AS BARON AVIATION FLIGHT 7577 ENROUTE FROM GRAND ISLAND, NE, TO OMAHA, NE, DIVERTED INTO LINCOLN, NE, DUE TO ENGINE PROBLEMS AND LOW POWER. THE PILOT REPORTED TO MAINTENANCE THAT HE HEARD A LOUD POP AND THE ENGINE TEMPERATURE CLIMBED TO 900 PLUS DEGREES. MAINTENANCE CHANGED THE ENGINE AND SENT THE ENGINE IN FOR OVERHAUL. THE ENGINE HAD 1,716 HOURS SINCE OVERHAUL AND 7,584 CYCLES SINCE NEW.

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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