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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 208B · Romeo, MI · May 13, 2011

Date: May 13, 2011 · 17:50 local
Place: Romeo, MI
Airport: Romeo State Airport
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7581F
Reported as: Cessna 208B
Reported engine: Pratt Whitney PT6A-114
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,630 total950 in this make and model13 in the last 90 days

N7581FRegistered now · Cessna 208BS/N 208B0389 · Built 1994 Airframe modelCessna 208B Engine modelPratt & Whitney PT6A seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

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

Aircraft lost all engine power at 11,000 feet MSL while climbing during skydiving operations. Two skydivers immediately exited the aircraft. The aircraft then turned towards the designated parachute landing area and all remaining jumpers exited the aircraft at 9,000 feet MSL. No jumpers were injured. The aircraft then turned north, entered a left hand pattern for Romeo State Airport (D98) runway 18. The aircraft touched down approximately half way down the runway and was unable to stop. The aircraft exited the end of the runway and jumped a deep ditch into a farm field. The aircraft's main landing gear struck the opposite ditch embankment and collapsed aft. The only damage to the aircraft was a cracked landing gear tube and fairing and the failed engine. The aircraft had 550 pounds of fuel remaining. Inspection of the engine showed a failed power turbine.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LOST ALL ENGINE POWER AT 11,000 FEET MSL WHILE CLIMBING DURING SKYDIVING OPERATIONS. TWO SKYDIVERS IMMEDIATELY EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT THEN TURNED TOWARDS THE DESIGNATED PARACHUTE LANDING AREA AND ALL REMAINING JUMPERS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AT 9,000 FEET MSL. NO JUMPERS WERE INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT THEN TURNED NORTH, ENTERED A LEFT HAND PATTERN FOR ROMEO STATE AIRPORT (D98) RUNWAY 18. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY HALF WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP. THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND JUMPED A DEEP DITCH INTO A FARM FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT'S MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUCK THE OPPOSITE DITCH EMBANKMENT AND COLLAPSED AFT. THE ONLY DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS A CRACKED LANDING GEAR TUBE AND FAIRING AND THE FAILED ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT HAD 550 POUNDS OF FUEL REMAINING. INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE SHOWED A FAILED POWER TURBINE.

Other reports on N7581F · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

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