# Accident 20170703008849A: Cessna 208B, Alpine, TX, July 3, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2017, 17:15 local time
- Place: Alpine, TX
- Airport: Apline Casparis Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: MT9A
- Location: 30.3931° N, 103.6703° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3931&lon=-103.6703&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9714B (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,290 total, 1,040 in this make and model, 128 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17LA254](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA254) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170703008849A

## Narrative

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

ON MONDAY, JULY 3, 2017, AT 6:05 PM CST, N9714B, A CESSNA 208 CARAVAN UNDER PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR 135, LOST POWER WHILE DEPARTING ALPINE CASPARIS AIRPORT.  THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DECEND RAPIDLY.  THE PILOT OPTED TO MAKE A TURN TO 090 AND TRIED TO MAKE HIGHWAY 118.  HE  ENDED UP LANDING IN A LANE BETWEEN A HOUSE AND FENCE PARALELL TO HWY118 STRIKING A MESQUITE TREE AND SHEARING  OFF A UTILITY POLE WITH THE RIGHT WING. THE LEFT WING STRUCK A TALL METAL PRIVACY FENCE, COLLAPSING THE NOSE AND MAIN GEAR.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A REST ABOUT 150 FEET FROM THE INITIAL IMPACT POINT, IGNITING A FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.  THE COMMERCIALLY RATED PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH MINOR INJURIES AND WAS TAKEN TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL.  THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND THE WRECKAGE WAS RELEASED BY THE NTSB FOR ENGINE TEARDOWN EVALUATION TO IDENTIFY WHICH COMPONETS HD FAILED.

## 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 CEN17LA254](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA254), Jul 3, 2017: Cessna 208B (N9714B), Alpine, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: Fracture of a compressor turbine (CT) blade due to operational overtemperatures and the failure of a maintenance technician to detect an existing crack in the CT blade during the last engine…

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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