Service difficulty report · Engine · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
January 20, 2011
Submitted
March 15, 2011
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Engine
Pwa PT6A114
Part
Engine
Condition
Failed
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, R
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

(CAN) IFSD/FORCED LANDING SHORTLY AFTER T/O, THE PILOT FELT VIBRATIONS IN HIS CONTROL COLUMN FOLLOWED BY A LOSS OF POWER. THE THROTTLE WAS RETARDED AND THE VIBRATION REDUCED. RE-ADVANCING THE THROTTLE RESULTED IN A MOMENTARY INCREASE OF POWER BEFORE EVERYTHING WENT TO ZERO. USE OF THE EMERGENCY POWER LEVER HAD NO EFFECT. THE ACFT THEN MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD EVENTUALLY HITTING A DITCH AT THE END OF LANDING ROLL. THE NOSE GEAR BROKE AND THE PROPELLER HIT THE GROUND. NO ONE ON BOARD WAS INJURED AND NO OTHER APPARENT DAMAGE TO THE ACFT WAS NOTED. THE ENGINE WILL BE REMOVED.

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