# Incident 20091203052679I: Cessna 208B, Rome, NY, December 3, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 2009, 07:30 local time
- Place: Rome, NY
- Airport: Griffiss Airfield
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AXSA
- Location: 43.2339° N, 75.4069° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2339&lon=-75.4069&mi=10
- Aircraft: N701FX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N701FX) (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: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10IA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10IA094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091203052679I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SYRACUSE NEW YORK (SYR) ENROUTE TO PLATTSBURGH (PBG) NEW YORK.  AT APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES TO THE NORTH OF ROME NY (RME) AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLIMBING THROUGH 7500 AGL, PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE MADE A VERY LOUD GRINDING OR SQUEALING NOISE FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE SECONDS. PIC FURTHER REPORTED, THAT ENGINE POWER WAS IMMEDIATELY LOST, PROMPTING THE PIC TO FEATHER THE PROPELLER. WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS IFR, WITH BROKEN OR SCATTERED LAYERS AT 600 FEET. AFTER 11 MINUTES OF GLIDING, THE PIC APPROACHED RME AT A HEADING OF 190 DEGREES. AFTER BREAKING OUT AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 800 AGL, WITH CONFIGURED DECENT RATE AND SPEED, PIC REALIZED HE WAS UNABLE TO LAND AT RME. PIC THEN NOTICED A CLEARED FIELD TO HIS RIGHT AND BEGAN TO TURN 90 DEGREES. AFTER COMPLETING THE TURN, PIC FELT HE WAS NOT ABLE TO LAND SAFELY, DUE TO TREES AND HOMES PRIOR TO THE FIELD. PIC STATED THAT JUST BEFORE THE TREE LINE HE DEPLOYED FULL FLAPS, AS A RESULT, ARRESTED THE AIRCRAFT DECENT MOMENTARILY TO CLEAR THE TREES FOR LANDING. AT TOUCHDOWN, PIC IMMEDIATELY RAISED THE FLAPS TO INCREASE BRAKING DUE TO THE CONDITION OF THE WATER LATENT FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED IN APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## 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 ERA10IA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10IA094), Dec 3, 2009: Cessna 208B (N701FX), Rome, NY, incident, no damage. Probable cause: The operator's inadequate engine wash intervals, which resulted in compressor turbine blade sulphidation and subsequent turbine blade failure.

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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