# Incident 20150709011509I: Pacific Aerospace Corp Ltd 750XL, Deland, FL, July 9, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2015, 12:00 local time
- Place: Deland, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0227° N, 81.2865° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of DeLand, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0227&lon=-81.2865&mi=10
- Aircraft: N820AB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N820AB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pacific Aerospace 750XL (registry code 05617YD, https://openairdocs.org/model/pacific-aerospace-750xl) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34 series (registry code 52250, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-34-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PACIFIC AEROSPACE CORP LTD 750XL
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-34
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 20,200 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150709011509I

## Narrative

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

UPON INITIAL CLIMB OUT FROM DED AIRPORT AT ABOUT 400 TO 500 FEET AND ABOUT 90 KNOTS PILOT HEARD A LOUD BANG COMING FROM THE ENGINE AND THE PROPELLER IMMEDIATELY WENT INTO FULL FEATHER POSITION. THE PILOT STATED HE SAW TREES IN FRONT OF HIM THEN REALIZED AS HE CONTINUED HIS SCAN TO THE LEFT HE HAD A ENOUGH SPACE ON THE AIRFIELD TO EXECUTE A 300 DEGREE TURN TO THE LEFT AND INTO THE WIND. HE STATED THE AIRCRAFT TRIMMED TO ABOUT 60 TO 55 KNOTS AND HE APPLIED FLAPS AND LANDED ON THE TAXI WAY. NO ONE ON BOARD WAS INJURED AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT SEE ANY EVIDENCE OF OIL ON THE EXTERNAL SURFACE OF THE AIRCRAFT OR DID HE SEE ANY DAMAGE TO THE EXHAUST OR COWLING. I ASKED IF HE HAPPENED TO SEE ANY SIGNS OF ENGINE TROUBLE REGARDING ENGINE GAUGE INDICATIONS, HE STATED THAT ALL APPEARED NORMAL AND WITHIN LIMITS RIGHT UP TO THE ENGINE FAILURE

## Other reports on N820AB (3)

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

- [Incident 20170711012309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170711012309I), Jul 11, 2017: Pacific Aerospace Corp Ltd 750XL (N820AB), Deland, FL, No damage. Skydiver rendered deceased upon landing due to failure to deploy parachute. Upon inspection, no mechanical or operational abnormalities were noted. Name:…
- [Incident 20130508024379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130508024379I), May 8, 2013: Pacific Aerospace Corp Ltd 750XL (N820AB), Deland, FL, No damage, 1 fatal. Three skydivers performed a successful three-way skydive event from aircraft N820AB operated by skydive Deland inc. at approximately 4000 feet above ground,…
- [Accident 20080327837069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080327837069A), Mar 27, 2008: Pac 750XL (N820AB), Deland, FL, No damage, 1 fatal. (-23)On March 27, 2008, at the Deland muncipal airport, Deland, Florida, skydiver [privacy data omitted] from montreal, Canada, was severely injured after…

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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