# Incident 20080815847249I: Pilats PC1247, Fort Wayne, IN, August 15, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2008, 08:05 local time
- Place: Fort Wayne, IN
- Airport: Fort Wayne International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9785° N, 85.1952° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT WAYNE INTL (FWA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9785&lon=-85.1952&mi=10
- Aircraft: N797GM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N797GM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pilatus PC-12/47 (registry code 7090552, https://openairdocs.org/model/pilatus-pc-12-47) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67B (registry code 52158, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-67b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PILATS PC1247
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A67B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 350 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/20080815847249I

## Narrative

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

(-23) FLIGHT DEPARTED SHEBOYGAN, WI (SBM) ENROUTE TO FORT WAYNE, IN (FWA).  IN CRUISE FILGHT AT FL210 PILOT STATED HE HEARD A LOUD POP AND NOTICED THAT THE CABIN ALTITUDE WAS CLIMBING RAPIDLY.  PILOT CONTACTED ATC AND REQUESTED DESCENT.  ATC ADVISED THERE WAS TRAFFIC AND UNABLE TO COMPLY.  PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND INITIATED DESCENT TO 10,000 FEET.  FLIGHT CONTINUED TO DESTINATION BELOW 10,000 FEET.  MAINTENANCE PERFORMED AFTER LANDING DETECTED A BLEED AIR HOSE LOOSE AT THE FIREWALL.

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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