# Incident 20110513023939I: Cessna 208B, Romeo, MI, May 13, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 2011, 17:50 local time
- Place: Romeo, MI
- Airport: Romeo State Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7963° N, 82.9742° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROMEO STATE (D98), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7963&lon=-82.9742&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7581F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7581F) (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: PRATT WHITNEY PT6A-114
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,630 total, 950 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110513023939I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Accident 20220603009519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220603009519A), Jun 3, 2022: Cessna 208B (N7581F), Oceanside, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On June 3, 2022 at 13:47 local time C208B [privacy data omitted] started an unstable approach to okb airport and appeared to have stalled the aircraft short of…
- [Accident 20160721011399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160721011399A), Jul 21, 2016: Cessna 208B (N7581F), Baldwin, WI, Substantial damage. On landing the aircraft ran off the end of the runway and hit the prop on a small hill striking the propeller. As the nose of the aircraft went up the small…

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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