# Incident 20170414001489I: Cessna 208B, Post, TX, April 14, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 2017, 06:55 local time
- Place: Post, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DEMA
- Location: 33.1909° N, 101.3815° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Post, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1909&lon=-101.3815&mi=10
- Aircraft: N753FX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N753FX) (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: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170414001489I

## Narrative

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

CESSNA AIRCRAFT N753FX DEPARTED LUBBOCK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (LBB) AT APPROXIMATELY 0630 CDT ON 4/14/2017.  THE 14 CFR PART 135 AIR CARGO FLIGHT WAS INTENDED TO ARRIVE AT ABILENE REGIONAL AIRPORT (ABI).

THE PILOT REPORTED HE HAD LEVELLED THE AIRCRAFT AT ITS CRUISING ALTITUDE OF 7000 FEET ASL AND A FEW MINUTES LATER HE HEARD A "LOUD BANG".  REALIZING THE AIRCRAFT HAD LOST ENGINE POWER HE PROGRAMMED THE GPS TO THE CLOSEST AIRPORT, POST-GARZA COUNTY (5F1).  HE FEATHERED THE PROPELLER AND TURNED THE AIRCRAFT TOWARD 5F1.

APPROXIMATELY FIVE MILES NORTHEAST OF 5F1 THE PILOT REALIZED HE COULD NOT GLIDE TO THE AIRPORT AND LANDED IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF 5F1.

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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