# Accident 20150324003879A: Cessna 208B, Verdigris, OK, March 24, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2015, 15:20 local time
- Place: Verdigris, OK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2675° N, 95.6308° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2675&lon=-95.6308&mi=10
- Aircraft: N106BZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N106BZ-2015-09-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Reported engine: HONEYWELL TPE331-12JR
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 6,300 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15LA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA180) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150324003879A

## Narrative

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

PASSING THROUGH 9000 FT PILOT NOTICED REDUCED TORQUE, SHORTLY AFTER EGT BEGAN TO DROP. PILOT ELECTED NOT TO SHUT DOWN ENGINE OR FEATHER PROP. ATTEMPTING TO LAND IN OPEN FIELD THE PILOT EXTENDED FLAPS TO 10 DEGREES AND THEN TO 20 DEGREES. AT 20 DEGREES FLAPS THE AIRCRAFT STARTED A RAPID DESCENT TO THE GROUND AND AFTER SHEARING LEFT WING CAME TO A STOP BETWEEN TWO TREES RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 CEN15LA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA180), Mar 24, 2015: Cessna 208B (N106BZ), Verdigris, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The fuel pump gear manufacturer’s allowance of set-up gears made from a nonconforming material to be put in the production inventory system, the installation of a nonconforming gear in the accident…

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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