# Incident 20130517009269I: Dehavilland DHC-3, Cedar Key, FL, May 17, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2013, 15:50 local time
- Place: Cedar Key, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: Q5IA
- Location: 29.1503° N, 83.0374° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cedar Key, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1503&lon=-83.0374&mi=10
- Aircraft: N435B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N435B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-3 (registry code 2802412, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pezetel ASZ-621R-M18 (registry code 49800, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pezetel-asz-621r-m18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DEHAVILLAND DHC-3
- Reported engine: PEZETEL ASZ-621R-M18
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 9,094 total, 900 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130517009269I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED WHILE CRUISING AT 8500 FEET THEY HEARD A THUMP AND WITHIN 5 SECONDS THE ENGINE HAD SEIZED.

A NORMAL WATER LANDING WAS MADE APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES OFF SHORE, AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO CEDAR KEY BY RESCUE BOAT.

PILOT STATED THAT INSPECTION REVEALED EXHAUST CAN CRACKED, ENGINE CASE RUPTURED, POWER TURBINE BLADES MISSING, PROP GOVERNOR BETA CAM BLOWN OUT, SUSPECT NO. 1 OR 2 BEARING FAILURE.

AIRCRAFT DAMAGE LIMITED TO COWLING AND ENGINE COMPONENTS.

AIRCRAFT WAS ON A REPOSITION FLIGHT FROM KEY WEST, FL TO KETCHIKAN, AK.

OPERATOR IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED PMI.

## Other reports on N435B (1)

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

- [Incident 20210624004399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210624004399I), Jun 24, 2021: Dehavilland DHC-3 (N435B), Key West, FL, No damage. Seaplane departed fort jefferson at 500FT experienced an engine failure and immediately landed safely in the water.

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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