# Incident 20200123001719I: Cessna 208, St. Thomas, VI, January 23, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 2020, 09:07 local time
- Place: St. Thomas, VI
- Airport: Cyril E. King Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: 9CWA
- Location: 18.3373° N, 64.9733° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CYRIL E KING (STT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.3373&lon=-64.9733&mi=10
- Aircraft: N394SF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N394SF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208 (registry code 2073702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 5,305 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200123001719I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM STT AIRPORT RUNWAY 28 IN THE THIRD LEG OF THE DAY CLIMBING OUT TO 900FT BANKING LEFT TO 180°. 3MIN INTO THE FLIGHT A LOUD EXPLOSION LIKE SOUND WAS HEARD INSIDE THE ENGINE FOLLOWED BY A HI REV SOUND. PIC SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND FUEL SUPPLY, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY TO ATC AT 400FT AND EXECUTED A SUCCESSFUL WATER LANDING 3 MILES SOUTH OF STT.  ONSITE INVESTIGATION FOUND AN ENGINE OIL LEAK IN THE ENGINE FRONT COWLING COMING FROM THE GEARBOX SECTION AND DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT SIDE FLOAT. THE SECOND DISCREPANCY WAS DUE BY THE BOAT THAT TRANSPORTED THE PASSENGERS BACK TO LAND.

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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