Service difficulty report · Engine · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
April 22, 2025
Submitted
May 1, 2025
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N781FE
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft serial
208B0278
Aircraft time
15,565 hours, 17,587 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A114A
Engine time
15,550 hours, 18,594 cycles
Propeller
Hartzl HCB3T*
Part
Engine
Part number
PT6A114A
Part serial
PCE17373
Condition
Failed
Part time
15,550 hours, 18,594 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
G
Precautionary procedure
E, A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

PILOT REPORTED A CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED DURING APPROACH INTO ONT. BEGAN MONITORING PARAMETERS, AND HEARD A POP. OIL PRESSURE DROPPED FROM 101 TO 94 PSI. A FEW MOMENTS LATER SHE HEARD TO MORE POPS, THEN OIL PRESSURE WENT 0 AND ENGINE SHUT DOWN. PILOT DECLARED AN EMEGENCY AND WAS ABLE TO GLIDE THE AIRCRAFT TO BRACKETT AIRFIELD(KPOC) AND LAND ON RUNWAY.

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