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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 208B · November 20, 2010

Date
November 20, 2010 · 19:53 local
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N877FE
Reported as
Cessna 208B
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
6,100 total900 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On 20 November, 2010 at 1953Z, privacy data omitted piloting a C-208 from cpr to rks at 12,000 feet, experienced mountain wave causing his aircraft to begin a descent. The autopilot could not maintain altitude. privacy data omitted Switched off the autopilot and placed the aircraft in a max power climb, yielding a 500 fpm rate of decent. At approximately 200 feet below his assigned altitude, he contacted salt lake center to advise them of his problem. The aircraft decended to approximately 11,000 feet before beginning a climb back to 12,000 feet. The flight continued to its destination without further incident.

As the FAA filed it

ON 20 NOVEMBER, 2010 AT 1953Z, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PILOTING A C-208 FROM CPR TO RKS AT 12,000 FEET, EXPERIENCED MOUNTAIN WAVE CAUSING HIS AIRCRAFT TO BEGIN A DESCENT. THE AUTOPILOT COULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SWITCHED OFF THE AUTOPILOT AND PLACED THE AIRCRAFT IN A MAX POWER CLIMB, YIELDING A 500 FPM RATE OF DECENT. AT APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET BELOW HIS ASSIGNED ALTITUDE, HE CONTACTED SALT LAKE CENTER TO ADVISE THEM OF HIS PROBLEM. THE AIRCRAFT DECENDED TO APPROXIMATELY 11,000 FEET BEFORE BEGINNING A CLIMB BACK TO 12,000 FEET. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED TO ITS DESTINATION WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.