# Incident 20250422004939I: Cessna 208B, La Verne, CA, April 22, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 2025, 17:40 local time
- Place: La Verne, CA
- Airport: Brackett Field
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AWHA
- Location: 34.0917° N, 117.7818° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRACKETT FLD (POC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0917&lon=-117.7818&mi=10
- Aircraft: N781FE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N781FE) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,350 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250422004939I

## Narrative

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

WHILE ENROUTE FROM BFL TO ONT, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE MASTER CAUTION AMBER CHIP DETECTOR WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED, WITH NO OTHER ABNORMAL ENGINE INDICATIONS. APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES AFTER THE CHIP DETECTOR LIGHT TURNED ON, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE BEGAN MAKING POPPING SOUNDS, ACCOMPANIED BY A LOSS OF ENGINE OIL PRESSURE, WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY AN UNCOMMANDED SHUTDOWN OF THE ENGINE. THE PILOT SUCCESSFULLY EXECUTED A FORCED LANDING AT POC.

## Other reports on N781FE (2)

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

- [Incident 20181123023819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181123023819I), Nov 23, 2018: Cessna 208B (N781FE), Bakersfield, CA, No damage. On 11/23/18 aircraft received clearance and taxied to run up area. Pilot failed to communicate with the tower for 30 minutes while in the runup area with the…
- [Accident 19930828031599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930828031599A), Aug 28, 1993: Cessna 208B (N781FE), Los Angeles, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot was taxiing to ramp when the aircraft was struck by a truck. Truck driver stated he never saw aircraft.

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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