# Accident 20121106024479A: Cessna 208B, Wichita, KS, November 6, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 2012, 07:45 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DEMA
- Location: 37.6147° N, 97.4478° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6147&lon=-97.4478&mi=10
- Aircraft: N793FE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N793FE-2013-10-29) (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: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 14,300 total, 115 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13FA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121106024479A

## Narrative

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

N793FE DEPARTED KICT AND WHILE IN THE CLIMB REPORTED TO ATC OF OIL ON HIS WINDSHIELD AND AN ENGINE FAILURE. WANTED VECTOR BACK TO AIRPORT. WITH NO ALTITUDE AVAILABLE, PILOT MADE AND EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED OUT THROUGH THE FIELD AND IMPACTED SEVERAL TREES ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT DIED ON IMPACT. HIS SHOULDER HARNESS WAS FOUND NOT FASTENED. THE GROSS INTERNAL FAILURE WAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE COMPRESSOR TURBINE BLADE FAILURE.ENGINE DIRECTORATE NOTIFIED AND FSDO ON SCENE.

## 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 CEN13FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13FA049), Nov 6, 2012: Cessna 208B (N793FE), Wichita, KS, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power as a result of a fractured compressor turbine blade due to high-cycle fatigue.

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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