# Incident 20080325012389I: Cessna 208B, Marina, CA, March 25, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 2008, 17:57 local time
- Place: Marina, CA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AWHA
- Location: 36.6803° N, 121.7894° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marina, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6803&lon=-121.7894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N762FE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N762FE) (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 PT6A114A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,547 total, 1,059 in this make and model, 115 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080325012389I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED DURING CLIMB FROM FL055 TO FL070 HE HEARD A LOUD BANG. ENGINE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND THE ENGINE FAILED. HE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, DIVERTED AND LANDED AT MARINA AIRPORT WITHOUT INJURIES OR DAMAGE. POST FLIGHT CHECKS SHOW THE ENGINE CHIP DETECTOR WARNING LT ILLUMINATED, MOVEMENT OF THE PROP RESULTS IN GRINDING NOISE, AND THE ALTERNATOR CANNOT BE MOVED. ENGINE SERIAL NUMBER: PC-E 17172, TOTAL TIME SINCE NEW: 9614.6, CYCLES ON ENGINE SINCE NEW: 10892, TOTAL TIME SINCE OVERHAUL: 1577.6, CYCLES SINCE OVERHAUL: 1834. PROPELLER SERIAL NUMBER: 991886. ENGINE WILL BE SENT TO PRATT & WHITNEY, W. VIRGINIA, FOR TEAR DOWN. WEST AIR INC. WILL SUBMIT A MIS REPORT.

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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